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The Halal World
6/5/2014 Hour 13:0

New Zealand looking for more Halal tourist

New Zealand is trying hard to attract more tourists to this country and so one of his aims for reaching to this goal is to attract much more Muslim tourist than before. So a symposium recently had been held in Hamilton for promoting halal tourism.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization estimates by 2020 from the Middle East alone, about 70 million people will travel overseas on holiday, spending about $20 billion every year.

With tourism in this country focusing on other markets, particularly China, tourists from the Islamic world have been virtually ignored.

Federation of Islamic Associations president Dr Anwar Ghani said until now tourism operators had thought the Muslim market was just too hard to deal with, so ignored it.

"Their requirements are pretty much the same as any other traveler and the only difference is the need for friendliness and assurances that their daily needs will be met."

Professor of Tourism at Waikato University, Chris Ryan, said the needs of Muslim visitors were quite simple and included halal food and a place to pray.