Taj Mahal rejects US dollar

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by Joel Bowman on Wednesday, 21 November 2007  Tourists visiting 27 World Heritage Listed sites in India, including the Taj Mahal, will no longer be able to pay in dollars after it was announced Tuesday that the flailing currency was not welcome.

Entrance fees to the Mughal tomb in Agra and over 100 other sites run by the Archaeological Survey of India have rejected payment in US dollars, accepting only Indian rupees.

According to the Time UK, "The Indian Ministry of Culture said that it was ditching the dollar to correct 'any anomaly' caused by currency fluctuations that were adversely affecting its income."


But the new payment will cost tourists up to one-third more. Where tickets for the Taj Mahal and other World Heritage Listed sites had previously been set at $5, the new price of 250 rupees converts to approximately $6.40.

Indian residents, however, are extended a discounted rate of 20 rupees to visit their national sites.

The US dollar has suffered a number of high-profile setbacks recently with Gisele Bundchen, the world's richest supermodel demanding payments in euros and rapper Jay-Z mocking the eroding currency in his latest music video which features suitcases full of euros and British made automobiles.

 

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