Kaohsiung strives for more Halal-certified hotels to attract Muslim tourists

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-17
By: George Liao,Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau Director General Tseng Tzu-wen Wednesday visited the Malaysia Chinese Tourism Association (MCTA) and airline operators in an effort to join hands with the city’s mosques and Halal-certified international hotels to create a Muslim friendly environment and attract more Muslim visitors.

The City’s Tourism Bureau has promoted Kaohsiung tourism in Malaysia by holding an event in Kuala Lumpur, during which the bureau introduced the rich tourism resources of the city to local travel agencies, media and airlines and showed the video “Kaohsiung Bravo,” which is starred by Malaysian students in Taiwan.

Tseng said that 1,420,000 tourists from Southeast Asia visited Taiwan last year, of which 430,000 came from Malaysia and 390,000 from Singapore, accounting for the highest and second highest percentage of visitors from this region.     [FULL  STORY]