reflective journal (nur hairunnisa)

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL. (NUR HAIRUNNISA BINTI HANASER 17DUP19F1039)

 5.3.2. DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM FROM ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE CONCEPT.

Tourism recognizes the growing interest in Halal tourism from both the perspectives of industry and research. Halal tourism can be summarized by any object or action which is permissible to use or engage in tourism industry, according to Islamic teachings. Therefore, the success of developing and marketing Halal tourism destination must be guided by the adoption of Islamic teachings and principles in all aspects of tourism activities. This paper explores the concept of Halal tourism along with the components which constitute the industry. It provides worldwide examples of some of the current best practices. The opportunities and challenges in developing and marketing Halal tourism are also discussed. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Concept of Travel and Tourism from Islamic Perspective.

·                     Travel and tourism are integral to Islamic politic, economic, legal and social policies.

·                     Life is journey in the way of God thus tourism in Islam stressed the sacred goal of submission to God's ways.

ISLAM TOURISM.

·         Islamic Tourism is defined as any activity, event and experience, undertaken in a state of travel that is in accordance with Islam. Travelling is really highly recommended by the Quran. Allah asked us to travel through the earth to take the lessons from the other people that came before us. Most people loved to travelling because it can make us gain more knowledge about other country and enjoying other countries history.

·         In Islamic history, travelling by Prophet Muhammad is to spread the Islamic teaching has encouraged Muslim tourists to travel to learn more about Islamic thought and civilizations.

·         The concept of Islamic Tourism also can be considered as ‘Ibadah’ and ‘Dakwah where the tourist goes to travel from one place to another place.

·         The Islamic tourism concept can be found from Islamic Fiqh as Performing Haji, Performing Umrah, Musafr and Jihad

·         Travelling is highly recommended by the Quran.

·         Allah asked us to travel through the earth to take the lessons from the other people that came before us and it covers a wide variety of different travel purposes.

HALAL TOURISM CONCEPT.

It is recently noted that there is a challenge to identify the right terminologies as well as the proper clarification Halal tourism concept. At the moment the most commonly-used terms are ‘Halal tourism’ and `Islamic tourism’. Due to the multidisciplinary scope of the subject matter, there exist confusions regarding the two terms. As a result, the terms are often used interchangeably by researchers in both conceptual and empirical papers as if the two concepts are similar.

The positive reflection from this article is we can see that if we travel using Islamic culture, our journey while travel will be more smooth and relaxing. We also can get to know more about any countries, their religion and about their food. For example, if we go to Brunei, we can see their society different with others countries even though they are Islam country. It is because they using ‘Hudud’   law in their country.

Not only positive things   there are also have negative side. The negative side from this case is about the food. We hard to find any halal food if we travel not using Islamic perspectives. For example, if go to non-muslim country such as America, United Kingdom. This two place is really hard to find any halal food.

In my suggestion to avoid this problem is, for the government, they should have organized campaign about travel and tourism in Islamic perspective in every state. This may help us to be more up to date about tourism and traveler.