Reflective journal

Current Trends and Future Outlook for Global Tourism and Hospitality

5.2 Discuss the significance of Muslim travellers in international and domestic tourism

Not all the travel agency just need non-Muslim traveller, we must attack all the kind of tourist to become our customer. The significance of Muslim travellers in international and domestic tourism is they can make our company economy increase. At other country they also have restaurant that sell halal food for Muslim traveller. Besides, some of the non-Muslim traveller to like to eat something different and some of them likes to eat Muslim food or a food form other country that they rarely find in their country.

We as the tour guide form the different country, for example form China if they have Muslim traveller or tourist we must know what they really need. Like they well asked where to get halal food so we must prepared the knowledge about the place in our country that have halal food. It makes the halal food sales increase and make the every Muslim traveller who want to visit the country know about the place. But there have some country that pretend to be a halal restaurant and its makes the others Muslim traveller feel unlike or dislike to came to that country because they feeling cheated.

Next, we as the citizen for our country may travel all over the attraction place before go travel out from our country. We also can make the tourist or traveller from other country feel love to come to our country and try all the new things that does not have at their country. Malaysia has many different culture and they all have something special about their own nation. For example, Malays have their traditional clothes like Baju Kurung and Baju Melayu.  We always see them wear it when it's their have invitation to an event.

We as a Malaysian or form other country will like to taste a food form their own country right? For example is sushi. We can taste the sushi at Japan or Korea. So that’s why we flocking to the country just for taste how the food if at their own country. But if we are a Muslim traveller we must be careful while choose the restaurant that we want to visit either they are halal or non-halal for Muslim.  

If we see the other country that has the different culture we must like to try it to right? We are fascinated by their culture, festival and traditional clothes. For example, Korean traditional clothes are so beautiful and make we want to try it. The traditional clothes called ‘ hanbok ‘ and they will wear it while happy new year event or after marriage to meet their father and mother-in-law.

The one who have been traveling to some country will spread it to other about the country that they have visit. If they give the good comment about the country it will make the listener want to visit the country too. So we as the travel agency must give the good service to them who trust us to guide them when they travel to the country. The best service that we can give to them, the more will come to choose our agency to be their tour guide.

For my suggestion, every type of tourist and traveller are important because they can make our economy increase and make our travel agency more popular. Without them we can’t reach our target. The word of mouth will determine if our services are good or not.