Reasons French tourists' reluctance to withdraw cash in Eurozone 2014

This statistic displays the reasons why French tourists refrained from withdrawing money abroad in 2014 on a trip to the Euro zone. The main two reasons given by French tourists were the desire not to spend time looking for an ATM (35 percent) and that they were afraid of not finding an ATM easily (nearly 30 percent) .

Why didn't you withdraw the cash you brought from France for your last trip in the Euro zone directly abroad?**

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Losing time looking for an ATM abroad	35%
Possibility of not finding an ATM abroad	28%
Have cash in case of lost or stolen card	26%
More expensive than withdrawing in France	24%
Don't know the withdrawal fees in the country	22%
Afraid of having their card lost or blocked in the ATM	22%
Afraid the ATM won't accept the card	16%
Afraid of the withdrawal limit	15%
Afraid the card will get hacked when withdrawing at the ATM	13%
Don't like using ATM in a different language	12%
Afraid of misusing the ATM	12%
More expensive than exchanging euros on site	10%
More difficult to keep track of the budget when withdrawing several times	10%
Don't trust foreign ATM	8%
Afraid to get attacked after withdrawing money	8%

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Release date

March 2015

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Region

France

Survey time period

November 4 to 14, 2014

Number of respondents

574*

Age group

18-65 years

Special properties

French tourists who traveled at least once in the Euro zone 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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