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A number of tourist companies offer programs and websites to familiarize tourist locations where halal products are available. They are meant to help Muslim families, who are averse to pork and alcohol while traveling in different parts of the world, without compromising their religious beliefs and requirements. Officials of travel and tourism companies that promote halal tourism say they have …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …