Bureaux de change are numerous and easy to locate. Large shops and hotels offer their own exchange facilities. US Dollars in pristine condition are the easiest currency to exchange. It is illegal to settle accounts in hard currency and to change money unofficially. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services that might be available.
Cash is preferred.
To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take travellers cheques in US Dollars. The import of foreign currency is unlimited, subject to declaration. The export of foreign currency is limited to the amount declared on arrival. Foreign banknotes and coins must be exported within two months of arrival.