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PPhilippines Accelerates Plans to Develop Halal Tourism

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PPhilippines Accelerates Plans to Develop Halal Tourism

The Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) has unveiled a series of initiatives as part of a major drive to create a long-term infrastructure across the country to diversify its visitor arrivals by attracting Muslim visitors - especially from the neighbouring ASEAN region and the Middle East.

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Uzbekistan becomes touristic destination

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Uzbekistan becomes touristic destination (opens in a new tab)

Uzbekistan hasa great historical, cultural and architectural heritage. Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva are the brands of the ancient culture of the East. The landscapes of mountains and deserts of Uzbekistan attract attention and admiration of the Internet community. Therefore, the tourism potential of this country can hardly be overestimated and the government is making significant efforts to develop it, writes Khasanjon Majidov, Leading Researcher at the Centre for Economic Research and Reforms, in the article for EU Reporter.

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Tourism driven by female Muslim travellers, workers

The Malaysian Reserve

Tourism driven by female Muslim travellers, workers (opens in a new tab)

YOUNG female Muslim travellers have been the drivers in the tourism industry. Pear Anderson founding partner Hannah Pearson quoted a MasterCard Credit Rating Study in 2018 that said 63 million female Muslim travellers, between the ages of 18 and 40 years, spent a total of US$80 billion (RM334.5 billion). “Female Muslim travellers are highly influential when it comes to travel decisions,” she said at the launch of the first Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC) Corporate Forum yesterday.

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About CrescentRating

CrescentRating (Crescentrating Pte. Ltd.) is the leading authority on Halal travel and tourism. The company uses insights, industry intelligence, lifestyle, behavior and research on the needs of the Muslim traveler to deliver authoritative guidance on all aspects of Halal travel to organizations across the globe. Founded in 2008, CrescentRating services are used by every tier of the tourism industry, from government bodies and tourism agencies to hospitality service providers, to better serve the needs of the Muslim traveler. CrescentRating’s products and services include rating & accreditation, research & consultancy, training, and certification (CR Academy), industry reports, Halal-In-Travel conferences, HalalChefWorld program, destination marketing and content provisioning.

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    Fazal Bahardeen

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CrescentRating

    Based in Singapore

    Fazal Bahardeen is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CrescentRating. He pioneered the field of Halal travel research and accreditation, and remains the principal author of the methodologies — ACES, RIDA and the Accessible Travel Framework — that underpin how the industry now measures Muslim-friendly readiness.

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    Raudha Zaini

    Chief Operating Officer, CrescentRating

    Based in Singapore

    Raudha Zaini is Chief Operating Officer at CrescentRating, responsible for the operational infrastructure that keeps research, events, accreditation and platform programs running across global markets.

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