When Demonetisation Left Them Broke, Tourists In Pushkar Performed On Streets To Pay For Their Journey Home

When demonetisation hit tourists at Rajasthan's Pushkar, many of them were stranded. The money they were carrying turned to paper overnight, leaving them "virtually penniless."

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To fund their return tickets to Delhi, 2 groups of tourists from Germany, Australia and France began to put on a show near the famous Brhama temple, and at the Gau Ghat crossing on Saturday.

"We came here on November 8 to see the famous Pushkar fair. The same night government of India announced demonetisation of R500 and R1000 banknotes. Whatever change we had in Rs100 and lower denominations are exhausted," Jayden, an Australian tourist added.

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Holding up placards saying: ?"You can help us" and "Money problem", thy played musical instruments and performed acrobatic stunts

?"Locals have been kind to us. So far we have collected around Rs2600," Adlrik, a German tourist told Hindustan Times.

?"As a last resort, we took recourse to performing on the streets to get some help from locals so that we can at least reach Delhi to seek help from our embassies," said Jayden.
No one was willing to exchange their Rs. 500 and 1000 Rupee notes, and they say the nearest ATM ran out of money.?