Published on : Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said that Indonesia aimed to occupy the top spot among the world’s halal tourist destinations this year, due to its growth in halal tourism segment.
“Our halal tourism growth is projected to reach an all-time high of around 42 percent this year,” Yahya said.
“The target of 5 million halal tourist arrivals makes up 25 percent of the target of overall tourist arrivals for this year at 20 million,” he added.
To achieve the target, the tourism ministry will use Indonesia Muslim Travel Index (IMTI) as a work standard to develop the country’s halal tourism in pursuit of first place in GMTI 2019, which would be announced in April 2019.
“We have IMTI 2019, which adopts GMTI standards to emerge as the best halal tourist destination in GMTI 2019,” Yahya added.
The minister expressed hope that Indonesia will be the best in halal tourism segment. Malaysia remains on top currently as the best halal tourist destination in the world, according to GMTI.
Tags: Halal tourism, indonesia