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Inaugural Indonesia Muslim Travel Index Reveals Lombok, Aceh, and Jakarta as New Key Destinations for Halal Tourism

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Inaugural Indonesia Muslim Travel Index Reveals Lombok, Aceh, and Jakarta as New Key Destinations for Halal Tourism

The Mastercard-CrescentRating Indonesia Muslim Travel Index (IMTI) 2018 was launched in Jakarta by Bapak Arief Yahya, Minister of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia, with the aim of fast tracking the development of its provinces to welcome Muslim tourists. The inaugural Indonesia Muslim Travel Index reveals Lombok, Aceh, and Jakarta as new key destinations for Halal tourism.

Digital Muslim Travel Space Development

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Digital Muslim Travel Space Development

The latest report from CrescentRating – the Halal Travel Frontier 2018, features this year’s key travel trends in the Muslim travel market, where the tipping point in online transition will be the top trend.

Rise of Muslim Female Travelers

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Rise of Muslim Female Travelers

The latest report from CrescentRating, the Halal Travel Frontier 2018 highlights the travel trends that will be observed in the Halal travel industry for this current year.

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PHL among the top 10 non-OIC destinations for Muslim travelers | Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo

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PHL among the top 10 non-OIC destinations for Muslim travelers | Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo (opens in a new tab)

THE Philippines rose a notch higher in the list of favored leisure destinations by Muslim tourists, outside of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC). In this year’s MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI), the Philippines is now ranked no. 8 among the top 20 non-OIC leisure destinations, up from no.…

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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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