SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 1 million Muslims are expected to visit South Korea this year on the back of rising interest in Korean culture and tourist attractions, the state-run tourism agency said Sunday. A total of 511,017 Muslim tourists visited the nation in the first half of this year, a 9.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Food Inc., the food manufacturer of retail giant Shinsegae, said Monday it has earned a halal certificate for the cafeteria it will operate during next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, as part of its efforts to meet various demands of athletes from all across the globe. Shinsegae Food said its halal food zone at the athletes’ village has received a certificate from the Korea Muslim [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and private companies alike are moving to accommodate a rise in Muslim tourists who have become a new source of growth for South Korea’s tourism industry that has been hit hard by the departure of Chinese travelers, with calls being made to overcome shortcomings in local infrastructure [...]
BUYEO CITY, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Government approval for a slaughterhouse in the Muslim religious tradition of “halal” has seen local Christian groups up in arms in Buyeo City of South Chungcheong Province. According to the Buyeo City Office, the district’s association of Christian denominations has over the past few weeks voiced its opposition to the [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea should aggressively woo the global halal market to diversify its export destinations, a local trade organization said Monday. The Institute for International Trade under the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) called halal the world’s biggest blue ocean and niche market. Halal is a widely applied Islamic dietary [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Diversifying South Korea’s repertoire of visitors amid continued threats from China, the Korea Tourism Organization is planning to attract 1.2 million tourists from Muslim countries this year, up from what was roughly 980,000 in 2016. Last year’s number was a 33-percent increase from 2015. Of the visitors, 740,000 were [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A rising number of five-star hotels in Seoul are offering halal foods in their restaurants to attract Muslim guests, a small but growing market, industry officials said Monday. The local travel and hospitality industry has sought ways to enhance convenience for a growing influx of Muslim tourists on the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s biggest convention and exhibition center, COEX, is hosting the 2016 edition of the Halal Trade Expo Korea, providing an ultimate trading ground for Korean businesses looking to enter the fast-growing halal market. “Despite the global economic downturn, the halal market is a newly emerging one with average annual [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean state-run tourism promotion agency is pushing to introduce a “Muslim-friendly certificate” for local restaurants where visitors could be served well-prepared halal food, industry sources said Thursday. According to the sources, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) plans to launch the Muslim-friendly certificate system around August, which will be [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Analysts from NH Investment & Securities have said that they expect that as the consumption tendency of Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian consumers expands, there will be more opportunities for halal assured products to be exported. Meaning ‘allowed things’ in Arab, halal refers to all foods and products that [...]