One in 10 Brits take the wrong currency abroad
New research reveals 10% of Brits have taken the wrong currency abroad whilst travelling within the last three years, with common confusion around countries which are expected to use the euro or US dollar but in reality use their own.
Travel agency Globehunters surveyed 2,000 Brits who have travelled abroad for leisure purposes within the last three years, asking the simple question of whether or not they are guilty of unknowingly taking the wrong currency with them.
Just over 10% of respondents answered yes, with four countries standing out as causing the most amount of problems.
Despite an estimated 10% decline in foreign arrivals in 2016, Turkey is the country where Brits most commonly take the wrong currency; with 24% of those responding ‘yes’ to the survey admitting to assuming that the country used the euro, rather than the Turkish Lira.
Despite the troubles in recent years, many are travelling to make the most of fantastic deals and discounts, offered to attract tourists back to the country.
Right behind Turkey, with 15% of those who admitted to taking the wrong currency abroad is the Croatian Kuna; again, due to holidaymakers wrongly assuming that the country uses the euro.
A further 12% of yes respondents are those travelling to Canada, taking US dollars rather than Canadian dollars.
A further 10% of those who responded yes in the survey admit to having taken pounds sterling to Ireland as opposed to euros.
The remaining respondents took the wrong currencies across a number of different countries, including Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt, Mexico, Czech Republic and Sweden.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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