Halal Tourism
NEWS By: Muhtar Emirguliyev
Indonesia working on becoming a Top Halal Producer The number of Muslims globally has reached 1.9 billion, and Indonesia accounts for the most significant percentage of this statistic. The Indonesian Government has realized that this represents a considerable market potential for Muslim products. To this end, the Government has enacted laws such as Government Regulation No. 39 of 2021 on the implementation of Halal Product Assurance. “With the Government’s support, I am optimistic that Indonesia will become the world’s biggest producer of halal products in the future,” Vice President Maruf Amin said in his opening remarks at the online Indonesia Industrial Muslim Exhibition.
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He also announced that the Government had created the Indonesian Sharia Economic Masterplan 20192024, which includes four primary strategies. The first strategy involves making the halal value chain stronger. This chain consists of the halal food & beverage industry, halal tourism, modest fashion, medicine, cosmetics, media, and renewable energy resources. The other three strategies revolve around boosting Islamic finance, encouraging small and medium-sized businesses, and empowering the digital economy. The Vice President, on his part, encouraged all the relevant ministers to focus on one specific goal, which is to make Indonesia become a global halal producer in various fields and promote Indonesian-made Muslim products to increase awareness in the eyes of the world.
