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The 20% lift in Indonesia’s tourism sector has been thanks big increase in Halal travelers. It was stated by Fazal Bahardeen, CEO and founder of Halal Trip website at the launch of Indonesia Muslim Travel Index 2019 in Jakarta on Wednesday (13/02/2019).  He said Indonesia is the second fastest growing market in the ASEAN region, experiencing growth at three times the global rate. This has been largely due to an increase of Muslim travelers. Dr. Arief Yahya, the Indonesian Minister for Tourism, remarked on the importance of Halal tourism for the broader Indonesian tourism market. The Halal tourism industry is expected to become a 300 billion dollar industry by 2026. He said some of this success is thanks to Muslim women becoming more influential as are getting better access to education and have greater means to travel.

“The growth of the halal tourism is the growth of the whole tourism in Indonesia. It’s around 20%. That’s why our plan is from 20% to become 25% of all inbound traveler to Indonesia is coming from the Halal tourism. 25% means is around 5 million,” said Arief Yahya.

Indonesia took out many awards at the 2016 World Halal Travel Awards in the United Arab Emirates. These included Garuda taking home the award for the best airline for Halal travelers and Aceh winning the best culinary destination for Halal travelers. (VOI/LISA/AHM)