French tourists' reluctance to withdraw cash abroad 2014

This statistic shows the reasons for French tourists' reluctance to withdraw the cash needed for outbound trips directly in the foreign country. It reveals that an estimated 25 percent of respondents were afraid they would not easily find an ATM abroad. Nearly 30 percent of respondents stated that they also did not want to lose time looking for one.

Why didn't you withdraw the cash you brought from France directly abroad? **

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Losing time looking for an ATM abroad	28%
Possibility of not finding an ATM abroad	26%
Have cash in case of lost or stolen card	26%
Don't know the withdrawal fees in the country	23%
Afraid of having their card lost or blocked in the ATM	20%
Afraid the ATM won't accept the card	18%
Afraid of the withdrawal limit	16%
Afraid the card will get hacked when withdrawing at the ATM	15%
More expensive than exchanging euros in France	14%
More expensive than withdrawing in France	13%
Don't like using ATM in a different language	13%
More expensive than exchanging euros on site	12%
Afraid of misusing the ATM	12%
More difficult to keep track of the budget when withdrawing several times	11%
Don't trust foreign ATM	10%
Afraid to get attacked after withdrawing money	7%
Don't know how much it makes in euros	6%

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Release date

March 2015

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Region

France

Survey time period

November 4 to14, 2014

Number of respondents

1,515*

Age group

18-65 years

Special properties

French tourists who traveled at least once abroad for personal reasons during the last twelve months.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

French tourists who travel for business purposes are not taken into account.
* Here are considered French tourists that brought cash from France abroad.
** The original questions were: "Pour quelles raisons n'avez-vous pas fait un retrait de tout ou partie de cette somme directement avec une carte bancaire pendant votre séjour à l'étranger ? Maintenant, répartissez 100 points entre ces raisons en fonction de l'importance qu'elles ont eue dans votre choix de ne pas retirer cette somme par carte bancaire."

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