CrescentRating and MasterCard have officially released the results of the Muslim Travel Shopping Index 2015, revealing the world's best shopping destinations for Muslim travellers in 2015!
Both Dubai and Singapore topped the rankings on the index – in the OIC category and non-OIC category respectively – to claim the title of being the world's best shopping destinations for Muslim travellers. A complete listing of the top 10 destinations for both categories is given below.
|
Rank |
MTSI Rank |
City |
Country |
Score |
|
1 |
1 |
Dubai |
United Arab Emirates |
79.5 |
|
2 |
2 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
73.3 |
|
3 |
5 |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
64.2 |
|
4 |
6 |
Antalya |
Turkey |
61.2 |
|
5 |
7 |
Manama |
Bahrain |
59.6 |
|
6 |
8 |
Doha |
Qatar |
59.5 |
|
7 |
9 |
Riyadh |
Saudi Arabia |
59.3 |
|
8 |
10 |
Bali |
Indonesia |
58.2 |
|
9 |
11 |
Penang |
Malaysia |
56.9 |
|
10 |
12 |
Sharjah |
United Arab Emirates |
55.3 |
|
Rank |
MTSI Rank |
City |
Country |
Score |
|
1 |
3 |
Singapore |
Singapore |
71.6 |
|
2 |
4 |
London |
United Kingdom |
64.7 |
|
3 |
13 |
Paris |
France |
52.7 |
|
4 |
14 |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
51.1 |
|
5 |
15 |
New York |
United States |
49.9 |
|
6 |
16 |
Barcelona |
Spain |
46.6 |
|
7 |
17 |
Seoul |
South Korea |
43.5 |
|
8 |
18 |
Phuket |
Thailand |
41.8 |
|
9 |
19 |
Cape Town |
South Africa |
39.4 |
|
10 |
20 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
39.0 |
The Muslim Travel Shopping Index analysed 40 international cities, scoring each destination against various criteria and metrics to determine how well they could cater to Muslim travellers. The index focuses on the two main aspects of a Muslim shopper’s trip – shopping and dining – and provides a detailed insight into the consumer spending behaviour of a Muslim traveller.
Research conducted also showed that Muslim travellers spent a total of $62 billion globally in shopping and dining for the year 2014. The shopping expenditure by Muslim travellers amounted to a value of $36 billion and dining expenditure to $26 billion
The launch of the index aims to better facilitate the shopping and dining behaviour of the growing Muslim travel segment, while providing travellers, destinations, investors and others in the travel industry a better understanding of the requirements and preferences of the Muslim shopper.
The Index is the latest research publication by MasterCard and CrescentRating, following the launch of the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2015 earlier this year.
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