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Tourists, I'd imagine. I am not sure how many merchants you know in Sweden that accepts UnionPay? At least of the smaller ones. And I know most German touris
by Svip 7y ago
Tourists, I'd imagine. I am not sure how many merchants you know in Sweden that accepts UnionPay? At least of the smaller ones. And I know most German tourists prefer cash, generally any tourist from a cash heavy society will prefer cash.
Sure, their big ticket items are still going to be hotels and the like, where they will pay with a credit card, but they are not interested in coming if they can pay the small merchant with cash. Because they don't have access to the local infrastructure for digital payments, that the locals do.
- username90 7y agoWhen I travel abroad I just use my mastercard, why doesn't that work for them? I don't know anyone without a mastercard or a visa.
- Svip 7y agoWhere do you travel? There are plenty of countries I've been to that don't accept any foreign cards. Unless you only go to the fancy hotels and restaurants, I suppose. But if you actually want to interact with small merchants abroad, you need cash. I never travel abroad without cash, and that includes when I travel to Sweden.
- LeonidasXIV 7y ago> I never travel abroad without cash, and that includes when I travel to Sweden. I've been in Sweden plenty times and haven't even seen a single Swedish krona. In the Copenhagen subreddit we also recommend people not bringing in cash, at least as long as their credit card situation is somewhat reasonable.
- drfuchs 7y agoIn 2019, I was able to spend 4 days in Canada without touching a single Canadian Dollar. On the other hand, 4 days in Germany absolutely required cash at virtually every meal and other non-hotel purchase.
- LeonidasXIV 7y agoMany Germans don't. Or don't know their PINs. Or have horrible foreign transaction fees, since they never use them nor care.