Malaysia’s branding as an Islamic tourism hub: an assessment

Malaysia is attempting to be a popular Islamic tourist destination in the world owing to its Islamic environment. It is already noted as an Islamic country serious in establishing a halal hub for financial products as well as services. As a further step forward it is embracing novel concepts such...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Shafaei, Badaruddin Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8892/1/10ok.geografia-jan15-fatemeh-edam.pdf
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description Malaysia is attempting to be a popular Islamic tourist destination in the world owing to its Islamic environment. It is already noted as an Islamic country serious in establishing a halal hub for financial products as well as services. As a further step forward it is embracing novel concepts such as Islamic and halal tourism in recent years. While the country does have the potentials of advancing Islamic tourism and hospitality industry with respect to the arts, heritage and unique culture of the Malay Muslims, the evaluation of such strategic branding efforts has rarely been attempted. This study outlines Malaysia’s marketing efforts in branding itself as an Islamic tourism hub. A SWOT analysis was conducted to summarize the country’s internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external (opportunities and threats) issues in branding itself as an Islamic destination.
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spelling ukm.eprints-88922016-12-14T06:48:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8892/ Malaysia’s branding as an Islamic tourism hub: an assessment Fatemeh Shafaei, Badaruddin Mohamed, Malaysia is attempting to be a popular Islamic tourist destination in the world owing to its Islamic environment. It is already noted as an Islamic country serious in establishing a halal hub for financial products as well as services. As a further step forward it is embracing novel concepts such as Islamic and halal tourism in recent years. While the country does have the potentials of advancing Islamic tourism and hospitality industry with respect to the arts, heritage and unique culture of the Malay Muslims, the evaluation of such strategic branding efforts has rarely been attempted. This study outlines Malaysia’s marketing efforts in branding itself as an Islamic tourism hub. A SWOT analysis was conducted to summarize the country’s internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external (opportunities and threats) issues in branding itself as an Islamic destination. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8892/1/10ok.geografia-jan15-fatemeh-edam.pdf Fatemeh Shafaei, and Badaruddin Mohamed, (2015) Malaysia’s branding as an Islamic tourism hub: an assessment. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 11 (1). pp. 97-106. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2015&vol=11&issue=1&ver=loc
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title_short Malaysia’s branding as an Islamic tourism hub: an assessment
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