Halal tourism

Muslim tourists give Thailand the thumbs up

Early this year, it was revealed that Thailand had set a new record for tourist arrivals, welcoming as many as 38.2 million tourists in 2018. For 2019, the government there hopes to bring in as many as 41 million tourists to the Land of Smiles. One sector that can help it achieve that goal is halal (permissible by Islam) tourism.A recent annual survey by Mastercard and CrescentRating found that Thailand is one of the top holiday destinations for Muslims.

19 June 2019
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Halal tourism industry facing disruptions

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the use of Augmented Reality (AR) and the development of Virtual Reality (VR) are some of the 17 trends disrupting the rapidly-growing halal (permissible or lawful in traditional Islamic law) tourism industry according to a report released yesterday.The Mastercard-CrescentRating Halal Travel Frontier 2019 report analysed changes in the halal travel segment and noted how technology is increasingly being implemented by tourists, travel agents and touris

30 January 2019
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