date:May 21, 2014
the country granting halal certification on behalf of Malaysia, also approved six applications in March. That compares with nine in 2012 and 2013 combined, a report by the government-backed Japan External Trade Organization shows.
The big increase in Muslim travelers highlights the urgency for non-Muslim countries to be more halal-compliant. Muslims are expected to spend $181 billion on travelling by 2018, up by almost a third from 2012, according to an estimate by U.S.-based research and advis