Currency and a 'closed economy'

Citizen Jake

Hi guys,

Just booked a last minute deal for Tunisia, heading out on 12 September. Doing a bit of research on the place and read somewhere that the country is a 'closed economy' insofar as any local currency you acquire you cannot bring more than 30% out of the country when exiting. This has put me into a quandry as to how much money I'll bother bringing or transferring. ie. in case I transfer too much euros in to Tunisian dinar and I happen to have lots left over at the end of the week (wishful thinking) I will probably have to spend it all at Duty Free or something instead of being able to sell back dinars for useful euros when I return. Anyone been to Tunisia and had experience of this process, or have I got it all wrong?

Cheers,
Citizen Jake

Merrion

Bring US dollar travellers checks and/or plastic and just a saftey net amount of local currency. All the big expenses (hotels, bedoin rugs, camels, police bail) should be payable thus.

ArphaRima

You can change any money you have leftover at the airport before you leave. Also, through some luck, I learnt that in the likes of estonia, who were (are?) a closed economy, the embassy in Dublin changed my money for me. Werent happy about it really though...

Citizen Jake

cheers guys!