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Welcome to Hipfig's Travel Guide series
on Busan, South Korea
we're pleased to share our currency
exchange experiences with you through
Hipfig's video guide series on Busan. In
this Busan currency exchange video guide
will be sharing where you can find
currency exchanges, and provide useful
tips for visiting travelers to Busan. The
official legal currency of Korea is a
South Korean Won ₩. In Busan you can
exchange currency at the airport, banks,
tourist areas, and international ferry
terminal. For arriving passengers, Gimhae
Airport is a convenient place to
exchange currency. At the international
terminal at the arrival and departure
hall, there are currency exchange
counters next to exit doors 1 & 4 which
are accessible to the public
most Bank currency exchange counters at
Gimhae International Airport in Busan are
closed by 8:00 p.m.. Unless you're
changing a large amount of money the
difference between the best rate and the
lowest rate is not much. In the city
currency exchange counters are available
in tourist areas like Nampo Dong
Chinatown and Busan International ferry
terminal. If you're at Busan station then
you can go to the currency exchange
counter in Chinatown opposite Busan
station in the daytime or Shinhan Bank a
few blocks away. There are no currency
exchange places inside Busan station
other than ATMs. A word of caution, parts
of Chinatown located opposite Busan
station can be dicey and inappropriate
for children. If you're at the Busan port
International ferry terminal then
there's also a bank inside that you can
exchange currency. There are a couple of
private legal currency exchange counters
in Nampo Dong shopping area Busan that
we found. The first is ABC money exchange
on Gwangbok Ro
it's the small street opposite of the
Faceshop building and then there's also
ho-ho currency exchange ( 호 호 외화 환전소) on the same
street as well a few shops ahead of ABC
to get to these currency exchange
counters in Nampo Dong, take exit 7 of
Nampo (dong) metro station then turn left
on the main Nampo-dong shopping street
keep left at the Main Street Square
where the three roads meet with the
police station and the tourist
information on the right. Take the small
street to the left of the police station
keep walking straight down the street
then you'll hit a square and go past
that square
continue down the street until you hit a
T and in front of the building at the
end of the T, you'll see the word
Clovis in English as shown in this video
guide. If you turn left at the T you'll
be able to see the face shop building at
the end of the street. An alternative way
to get to the currency exchange counters
is to keep walking on the main shopping
street in Nampo dong and locate the face
shop building on the left and the
premium store on the right. Opposite to
the face shop building and between the
premium store and the building with the
teddy bear statue in front is a small
street Gwangbok Ro- 43. Both
currency exchange counters are located
inside this street. On this street corner
you'll encounter older ladies called
ajummas sitting on blue plastic chairs
or stools on this street. These are the
infamous ajummas who offer unofficial
currency exchange. Exchange money at your
own risk
banks like Busan Bank, BNK Busan Bank, KEB,
bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, City Bank
and IBK Bank offer currency exchange
services and have branches all over town
in Busan. Business hours for banks are
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday
closed on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays
private currency exchange counters are
open generally from 9:30 a.m. to about 7
p.m. every day. If you are in the Haeundae
area you can exchange currency at the
moneybox. To get your moneybox go to
Haeundae station and then take exit 3 and
walk about 200 meters towards Haeundae
Beach. Moneybox exchange will be located
on the left side of the Seacloud hotel
by the way, bring your passport you may
need it. We found some exchange counters
wanted it and others didn't. Cash is King
in Busan so make your travel easy with
this travel video guide on Busan
currency exchange. Happy Travels. Go to
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