Langkawi. Duty free island.
From the early unnoticeable beginning of first duty free shop at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1947 [1] to an expanded industry that grew constantly to encounter a network of around 2200 [2] retail outlet stores with a multi billion tax free turnover across the entire world from Canada to Japan and South Africa to Iceland. Tiny spots on the geographical divided map, became international modest places, yet convinced by the succeed market success of major scale in the national limits of border lines. Beside the international spirit and free tax trade touch who benefit from lifted duties and tax exemption? Are the buyers or the sellers? Maybe both or perhaps someone else? What do government have to win from these merchandise paradises? First thing that come in untrained mind is the problematic conjunction of the state and companies where unpaid tax don't land in national budget but on other hand not to empha...