![]() Travellers are able to use UK currency across all three countries, however the Guernsey, Jersey and Manx Pound cannot be used back in the UK and will need to be exchanged back to UK currency. ![]() As self-governing British dependencies, they all have the authority to use their own currency with the Guernsey Pound (GGP), Jersey Pound (JEP) and Manx Pound (IMP) used respectively. ![]() Sterlingįor those holidaymakers looking to stay closer to home this summer and visit Guernsey or Jersey in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, it also pays to plan. Ireland is also a member of the EU and has converted to the Euro. Gibraltar on the other hand, another British Overseas Territory, is not part of the EU and has maintained its own currency of the Gibraltar Pound (GIP). Surprisingly, the APH research found six non-EU countries use the Euro as a local currency including Andorra, Monaco and San Marino, as well as Akrotiri and Dhekelia – two British Overseas Territories bordering the Republic of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. Travellers looking to holiday outside of the EU should also plan ahead and check the country’s currency. Denmark, despite having joined the EU in 1973**, has also not changed its currency and still uses the Danish Krone (DKK). Non-Euroĭespite the Euro used as the currency by EU member states, eight of the 27 current members were found to not use the Euro and to have maintained their own independent currency including Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. To ensure savvy travellers looking to holiday in Europe this summer are travelling with the correct currency in their pockets, we have compiled a table highlighting which European countries use the Euro and which countries have maintained their own currency. Out of the 51 independent states which make up Europe, just under half of those (25) use the Euro as its currency despite 27 countries currently EU members*.
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