Duty-Free shops at Dubai airports to accept Indian currency

News Bharati    05-Jul-2019
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Dubai, July 5: Dubai Duty-Free has announced that Indian Rupee will now be an accepted currency at all the retail outlets of the Dubai airport. However, the change, if any, will be given back in Dirhams and not the Indian currency. Stores at the Dubai Airport will accept notes of various denominations, including 100s, 200s, 500s, and 2000s. The move makes the Indian rupee the 16th international currency to be accepted at Dubai's airports.

 

Out of the 90 million passengers who used Dubai's airports, 12 million of them traveled to or from Indian destinations.

Indian travelers had to earlier convert the rupee into Dollar, Dirham or Euro before they could shop at Dubai's duty-free shops. The Indian rupee is the 16th currency to be accepted for transaction at Dubai Duty-Free since its opening in December 1983.

But the only catch to this great news is that you will be receiving your change back in Dirhams.