Wednesday, February 23, 2011

BIG NAMES AT ISLAMIC CONFERENCE

Big names such as Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad, the mayor of Mecca and representatives from Tourism Australia and Ministry of Tourism and Sport Republic of Kazakhstan will also be at the InCOMTHU 2011 on April 14.

Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) vice-president (outbound) Jeffri Sulaiman said there was a huge potential market for the Muslim tourism industry.

The Muslim tourism industry is growing rapidly in both Muslim countries and non-Muslim countries around the world.

“Even in non-Muslim countries such as Taiwan , Hong Kong and Australia , Muslim tourism is largely promoted.

“Muslim travel is not restricted only for Muslims. Non-Muslim travel companies can learn the Muslim way of travel and how the packages are planned,” he said at a press conference during the launch of the 5th International Conference on Muslim Tourism, Haj & Umrah (InCOMTHU 2011) recently.

The conference will be held on April 14, 2011 at Dewan Tun Hussein Onn, Putra World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. The full-day conference aims to address issues concerning the Muslim tourism industry.

InCOMTHU 2011 chairman Noor Zaleha Baharuddin encouraged people from various sectors of the tourism industry such as bumiputra entrepreneurs, airline agencies, government agencies and national tourism agencies to attend InCOMTHU 2011.

“Participants will learn how to create opportunities and overcome obstacles in Muslim travel,” she said.

Let's see if the big names will show up.




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