Do i need to take english pounds into Tunisia or is Scottish pounds accepted>?

Question

Im thinking of taking Travellers cheques as well so would it be english ones. Please help x

Answer 1

English pounds are more widely accepted and more easily exchanged.

I however do not advise bringing travelers checks because of the currency laws in Tunisia and the difficulty you could encounter upon leaving.

The Tunisian dinar is not yet a fully convertible currency and Tunisian law prohibits the export or import of Tunisian bank notes or coins. Under foreign currency regulations, a tourist can reconvert to foreign currency 30 percent of what has been exchanged into dinars, up to a maximum of 100 dollars. Declaring foreign currency on entering Tunisia and obtaining a receipt for dinars purchased thereafter will facilitate reconverting dinars to your original currency. Keep all receipts of monetary transactions for presentation when leaving the country. (Tunisian law permits the export of foreign currency that was declared when entering Tunisia.)

I personally wouldn't bring travelers checks as it will take a long time for them to process it when you check out because not many people use them. Really the only place that they are valuable at is a bank.

And because Tunisia is still a developing country, most places aren't set up to accept credit cards or debit cards. You'll find that only you're major stores, such as Carefour (in Tunis), and Monoprix, and Magasin General, plus a few major resteraunts are equipped to handle them. Most major hotels can handle them as well, but not your smaller local ones.

My best suggestion to you is to bring the amount of money you want to have and change it little by little when you are in Tunisia. Tunisia is one of the few places in the world where you will get a better exchange rate at most hotels than the bank. Or bring a credit/debit card and use it at the ATM's when you need money. There is a fee for using the ATM's though, and that varies from bank to bank. Mostly the fee is between 1,500 dinars and 2 dinars. Remember though, you also get charged a fee from your bank for having to convert your normal currency into local currency. You will have to check with your bank/credit card provider to find out how much that fee would be. Which ever way you go, keep only the necessary cash on you, and the rest in your hotel room.

Answer 2

Better have Euros to avoid bad exchanging rates.