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Europe is hosting the first-ever international conference on halal tourism to look at how the industry can capitalise on one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. The Halal Tourism Conference, being held on September 22 and 23, 2014, will bring together the global travel industry to discuss ways of tapping into this niche market. The event, being hosted …

With the Islamic world observing the holy month of Ramadan, Japan is promoting its tourism industry in predominantly Muslim South East Asia to attract Muslim visitors TOKYO – Japanese businessmen are planning to expand into the growing halal tourism market. Shops with prayer rooms are starting to feature products such as hijabs made from local silk and even halal-certified whale …

A Halal udon and tempura restaurant opened up last month at Narita Airport, the airport which provided a new prayer room just last year. Udon and tempura are extremely popular Japanese foods, so I headed to the airport curious to check out the response to the new Halal restaurant. I now provide you readers with a report from the scene. …

Two years after she was walked out of the city in the middle of the night to a quiet life of retirement on the outskirts of the capital, Sambo, Phnom Penh’s iconic and much-beloved elephant, might soon be back at work entertaining tourists. With funding for her recently concluded rehabilitation program now gone, her owner is insisting he has little …

Launching ceremony of the 2nd edition of the documentary book “We Visit Angkor Temples” on May 21 in Siem Reap provincial city. 5,000 copies of the book were put on sale.

Cambodia has approved the first Community Protected Area (CPA) in Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the northeastern part of the country, according to a joint press release of People Resources and Conservation Foundation (PRCF) and BirdLife International’s Cambodia Programme issued yesterday. The first CPA, ‘O Rey’, was established by four villages of Serey Mongkol commune, Kaun Mom district, Rattanakiri province, …

Banteay Chhmar Community-Based Tourism project is a group of local villagers from the Banteay Chhmar community dedicated to preserving and protecting the cultural heritage of their local temple site. Khiri Travel is aiming to create a responsible tourism industry in the town of Banteay Chhmar. The CBT project started in 2007 and since then has grown considerably. There are several …

Traditional Angkorian pottery has been resurrected in Kampong Chhnang, with villagers mixing ancient knowledge with modern techniques, a new exhibition illustrates. Chhnang!, which means ‘pot’, tells the story of how villagers struggling to sell inferior earthenware products learned traditional methods in order to make their goods more attractive. Photographs, video and pottery assembled for the Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) exhibition …