Malling - a special term to describe this favourite national pasttime by Pinoys
Philippines’ love of shopping runs deep:
Web posted at: 5/13/2009 7:6:32
Source ::: DPA
MANILA: In the Philippines, the love for shopping malls runs deep, so deep that they coined a special term to describe this favourite national pasttime.
“Let’s go malling,” is the standard invite for strolling along the air-conditioned walkways in the country’s huge shopping malls.
Three of the world’s largest shopping centres are in the Philippines, two of them in the capital Manila. The largest of them is the 3-year-old, 400,000-square-metre Mall of Asia, a shopping Mecca almost the same size as the Vatican. Here, the global economic crisis might as well happened on another planet. “Downturn?” asked Mall of Asia chief Steven Tan, “Our sales rose by 13 per cent in April.”
“Malling is pure Filipino culture,” said Tan, who also tours Manila’s malls on his days off. “We offer convenience to our customers - they can go shopping, see a doctor, go to the bank, and even run administrative errands, all under one roof.”
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