Fiji Shopping - Travel guide
Shopping in Fiji
Fiji Shopping
Shopping
Whether shopping or just browsing, here's your opportunity to become acquainted with some of the savviest Fijians as well the best barterers around. In Fiji, you'll discover unique cultural and historical artefacts, stylish international boutique fashions as well as budget gift and souvenir shops. Most stores are open 8am to 5pm or 6pm, sometimes later at hotels and resorts. Most stores are closed on Sundays. All of your major credit cards are widely accepted
Some popular items to bring home for friends, family and business associates to enjoy, include Fijian inspired designer T-shirts, carved tanoa bowls, from which the "national drink yaqona" (kava) is mixed and served, Fijian replica war clubs, "cannibal forks" and Fijian combs. Handicraft like woven baskets and mats, masi (tapa cloth), animal wood carvings and pottery items are best sellers. And, for international fashion buffs, the ubiquitous sulu for men and women in Fiji's all-purpose, one-size-fits-all garment. Women wear them 100 different ways from a beachside wrap to an evening dress while men in business and government wear them as a day skirt.
Beyond the hotels and resorts, in our towns and cities, you'll find a wide assortment of shops frequented by locals. Shops offering glittering displays of gold jewellery along with cottons and silks are popular among and often owned by our Indian compatriots.
And, if you really love the age-old practice of bargaining, head for Cummings Street in Suva where it has reached the highest art form! Here are a select few of Fiji's most popular shopping emporiums not to be missed...
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