ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION: More than 1.5 million tourists visited Sri Lanka in 2014. JEDDAH: FADIA JIFFRY Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has just experienced its best ever year, recording over 1.5 million tourist arrivals in 2014, according to government data. With numbers continuing to set records for 68 straight months in December 2014, totaling a 1,527,153 tourists, the island saw a 19.8 …
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Islamic Finance Today, the exclusive Islamic Banking and Finance Magazine has commenced publication as a monthly in digital format from January 2015. IFT was published both as a monthly and quarterly from 2006 to 2010 in print form and enjoyed much popularity in the industry at its height. So much so that a research report titled Islamic Finance and Economics …
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Pioneer Publications is to re-launch its publication Islamic Finance Today beginning from January 2015. Its founder editor Asiff Hussein who served as editor of IFT from 2006 to 2010 will be editing its e-version with plans for a print version in the long term. IFT enjoyed much popularity in the industry at its height, so much so that a research …
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Sultanate of Oman, one of the most astonishing tourist destinations in the Middle East region, has to tap the immense potential of ‘halal tourism’, which is one of the fastest growing tourism category the world over. Many destinations across the world have already taken measures to lure the surging Muslim travel propensity by ensuring exclusive services and facilities that can …
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Mamuju, West Sulawesi, 4 Rabi’ul Awwal 1436/26 December 2014 (MINA) – Indonesia is set to become the world largest cocoa producer in 2020 relegating the Ivory Coast currently the largest in the world. The regional administration of West Sulawesi said they was ready to boost its cocoa production to realize it. The central government has set aside a large budget …
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Dubai, 7 Rabi’ul Awwal 1436/29 December 2014 (MINA) – From travel guides to shopping portals, new Internet ventures aim to capitalise on the growing “Muslim lifestyle” market, which is expanding beyond food to include areas such as tourism, fashion and credit cards. Excluding food, where “halal” dietary restrictions must be followed, most of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are content …
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