The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture lauds the move of Malaysia’s industry players diversifying their tourism product offerings to cater to the Muslim tourist market. YB Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, applauded the initiative and said that pondokstay was a relatively new tourism product with potential to be explored as a key offering to appeal to the global Muslim tourist market.
Islamic Tourism Centre Director-General, Dato’ Dr. Mohmed Razip Hasan said that the Muslim market would likely pick up travel in a big way once the Covid-19 situation improves, and called for destinations and industry players to prepare for the eventual reopening of tourism now.
Malaysia placed number one in four, out of six sectors in the State of the Global Islamic Economy (SGIE) Report 2020/21 announced by DinarStandard recently.
Malaysia continues to be looked upon as the benchmark for Islamic tourism, as two international organisations invited ITC to be the Guest of Honour at their respective webinar sessions as Keynote Speakers.
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture Malaysia (MOTAC), through Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC) has marked yet another significant milestone in Islamic tourism development in Malaysia with the launch of the official logo for the Muslim-Friendly Accommodation Recognition (MFAR).
