Forex company names countries offering better value for Brits

Tuesday, 19 Aug, 2015 0

Cyprus has offered British tourists a greater increase in value for money than any other country in the Eurozone over the past six months, according to John Lewis Foreign Currency.

It claimed Britons visiting the island have seen their spending power increase 7% due to falling inflation and a weakened euro.

Outside the EU, the Turkish Lira provided Brits with the greatest overall increase in spending power (14.2%) followed by the Australian Dollar (8.8%) and the Mexican Peso (8.7%)*.

In comparison, the US dollar came bottom of the table of value offered by the most popular currencies, with an increase in spending power of just 1.6%.

The good news for Britons travelling abroad is that all the most popular currencies fell against the pound, increasing our spending power overseas.

Best value currencies against the pound (adjusted for inflation) between February 2015 and July 2015

Country

Currency

Value increase for the pound (adjusted for inflation)

Turkey

Lira

14.2%

Australia

Australian Dollar

8.8%

Mexico

Peso

8.7%

Japan

Yen

8.2%

Cyprus

Euro

7.0%

Slovenia

Euro

6.1%

Finland

Euro

5.6%

Italy

Euro

5.6%

Germany

Euro

5.6%

Austria

Euro

5.5%

 


 

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Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk



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