Travellers and tourists have tough time after demonetisation announcement
Posted on: 10/Nov/2016 3:35:46 PM
Travellers and tourists to India did not have it easy at airports and railway stations after the demonetizing of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes. Railway stations were accepting currency, but a few counters ran out of change and the absence of ATMs aggravated the issue.
According to sources, Foreigners who landed at Chennai and Trichy had difficulty changing dollars into the required amount of Indian rupee while those who were returning could not return the currency and buy dollars. Tourists at small towns had to face difficulty because many of the shops do not have card reading machines.
The situation at Chennai airport was better because cards are accepted for food and beverages at the terminals and airlines accepted Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for booking tickets.
A traveler who landed in Trichy said, During my travel from Kuala Lumpur, I came to know about the announcement. But I thought that we can get the required Rs 100 currencies from Currency Note Exchange Desk at Trichy airport. However, we could not get the required volume.
An official from the Travel Agents Federation of India said, Ticketing had to be temporarily stopped because of payment problem to IATA. We are also in talks with VFS to accept the currency. Today people who went to pay visa fees had a problem.
