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 Venice – Marco Polo Airport has been renovated, with lots more room for last-minute shopping. You can see glass everywhere. The small shop Venetia Studium, however, is worth a look for reproductions of Venetian velvet scarves and clothes copied from the famous Italian turn-of-the-century designer, Mario Fortuny.
Bangkok – Here tourists who are going to Thailand will have their last chance to shop at Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company. The omnipresent shops are famous for their traditionally made fabrics., Jim Thompson silk is available in hues the full range of the rainbow. It is popular with fashion designers and interior decorators the world over.
 Montreal – The duty-free shops at this airport offer maple syrup — and lots of it. Not only does the sappy stuff come in the form of syrup, you can get it in candles, soaps and sweets, too. Real maple syrup (not the kind you get in the supermarket) is hard-to-find and expensive in the U.S.
Mexico – Skeleton dioramas for the Day of the Dead, white Mexican wedding skirts, canned moles and sealed jars of spicy sauces are all great buys at Mexico’s airport duty-free shops. And just in case you forgot to pick one up during your trip to Cancun, you can get 'Apocalypto'-style Mayan pyramids in the form of pencil sharpeners, paperweights and other less-than-useful but very decorative guises.
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