Tourism is an important money-earner with duty-free goods being a big draw for visitors.
Here, importers of duty-free goods must be licensed in an auction process controlled by his office, which invariably rewards the governor's friends.
In addition to offering passengers duty-free goods, the hubs attract corporations considering regional offices.
An estimated 10 million people visit each year, drawn by the winter sports, summer climate and duty-free goods.
Housed with the mall are many shop lots that stock various duty-free goods.
The company believes it is at a disadvantage by not having facilities for selling duty-free goods during the trip.
Just on the outskirts of downtown are a couple of shopping malls that carry international duty-free goods.
For example, tons of in-transit duty-free goods are being confiscated from consumers.
It is a great pity that the same approach is not taken with regard to duty-free goods and transit passengers.
For many years, Paraguay served as a central market for trafficable, duty-free goods.