Category: Travel & Tourism

Indonesia focuses on Halal travel

JAKARTA: With Hajj trips off the menu this year, Indonesian tour firms seek to make domestic offerings more Muslim-friendly. Indonesia is gradually getting back to…

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Spain has great potential for halal tourism

TEHRAN: Spain’s rich cultural heritage attracts Muslims tourists and this can lead to development of Halal tourism in the European country, says a Spanish professor….

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Aceh continues to develop world class Halal tourism

JAKARTA: After winning the prizes in the National Halal Tourism Competition (KPHN), the Indonesian westernmost province of Aceh continues to develop its halal tourism in an…

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‘Halal tourism’ on the rise, with apps and curtained pool decks

WELLINGTON: A rental company in Orlando, Florida is offering “halal vacation homes” with curtained pool decks and rooms with prayer mats and copies of the…

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Indonesia Wants to Make Halal Tourism a Thing

JAKARTA: In recent years halal tourism has grown substantially and occupies an important segment of international tourism. Statistical data shows that the value of the…

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From Kenya to Cape Town, the new growth industry in Africa is Muslim tourism

JOHANNESBURG: Islamic Travels and Tours is a boutique agency tailored to attend to the complete needs of the Muslim traveler in South Africa. In addition…

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How Turkey plans to boost halal tourism

ISTANBUL: The second international halal tourism conference took place in Konya, Turkey, May 3-5. The first conference was held in Spain in 2014. The choice…

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This holiday season, go for a Halal-themed tour package

NEW DELHI:On holiday with his wife last summer in Singapore, Atiq Khan would keep looking for Indian and Pakistani restaurants. “You could be sure they…

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Islamic tourism has great potential in Uzbekistan

TASHKENT: The names of Imam Al-Bukhari, Imam At-Termezi, Imam Al-Maturudi, Baha-ud-din Naqshband Bukhari, Al-Zamakhshari are well-known across the Muslim world, from the area that is…

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Travel experts forecast high growth of halal tourism

HONOLULU: Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing religious group and by 2030 will make up an estimated 25 percent of the world’s population. Furthermore, in some…

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