Islamic Tourism In Malaysia

Joint seminar on islamic tourism josit malaysia technical cooperation programme mtcp regional seminar on islamic tourism resit.

Islamic tourism in malaysia. Malaysia is positioning itself as a global hub for the production of halal goods and services incorporating tourism with an official islamic tourism centre responsible for market development. Since the religious factors have been brewed in islamic tourism it most likely influences the pros and cons of its growth in. Islamic tourism is a new tourism destination in the world today. Islamic tourism centre islamic tourism centre itc plays a pivotal role in bringing malaysia to the forefront of islamic tourism.

An empirical examination of travel motivation and satisfaction in malaysia. Malaysia is attempting to be a popular islamic tourist destination in the world owing to its islamic environment. Throughout the years itc has been consistently and continuously working with industry players to build their capacity in islamic tourism thus ensuring that the needs of muslim visitors are better served. The tourism industry being one of the national economic stimulus has given the signs for the government to develop the islamic tourism centre itc malaysia to promote a new strategy of islamic tourism at the local and international.

Therefore the main issue address in this paper is to highlight as to how islamic tourism or so called religious spiritual tourism could give significant changes and impacts towards malaysia s tourism industry. Through this tourism. Malaysia is ready to welcome millions of international tourists in the visit malaysia year 2020 which is very near the corner. The country with a population of over 32 6 million people is also known as an islamic nation as islam is the religion of the federation as enshrined in the malaysian constitution.

Tourism is the second largest income generating sector of malaysia. The findings of the study provide the impacts of islamic tourism. As a further step forward it is embracing novel concepts such as islamic and halal tourism in recent years. This paper seeks to explore the evolution of islamic tourism in the world especially in malaysia as a multi cultural nation.