Money for Jamaica

country Monetary unit - dollar (JMD). The national currency quotation.

Jamaican dollar=100 to cents - the monetary unit of Jamaica has been injected on September, 8th, 1969 instead of the Jamaican pound which was in circulation here since 1914. Today in circulation there are notes in 1, 2, 5, and 10  dollars of Jamaica.

Tropical Jamaica (since 1962 an independent state as a part of British Commonwealth) the country of the educed tourism - segodna in a fashion. It is famous for the resorts, carnivals, cockfights and the well-known cigars. Here it is better to conduct US dollars which without problems can be changed for the domestic currency. Furthermore the American dollar in a number of places it is possible to pay directly. Since 70th years of the last century the capital of the USA was actively introduced into economy of Jamaica - posledstija till now it is available. Traveller's cheques which on Jamaica also besprepjadstvenno are accepted, also it is recommended to purchase in US dollars. In a course here and the basic international credit cards: Visa, American Express and others.