Originally Posted by MandoMan (Post 2263612)

“A lot more walking.” In my experience, it’s not uncommon for people getting off international flights to have to walk a long way down blank hallways with lots of guards and no bathrooms, then have to wait an hour or more to get to passport control. But often departing passengers find the walk much shorter. This is because countries don’t want people just getting off planes when they arrive from other countries and mingling with everyone else before passport control and customs. They need to be segregated until then. When people are leaving, once they get through passport control and security, they get to shop duty free, and the countries want them to feel at ease doing that.