SPAIN BOOSTS HALAL TOURISM AND FOOD SALES – LOOKING FOR GROWTH IN THE POST-COVID-19 WORLD

Spain has been expanding its halal tourism and food sales, as it leverages its geographical proximity to Muslim countries in north Africa to provide travel and accommodation services. In the CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index 2021, by CrescentRating & Mastercard, Spain climbed six positions to the 16th in the top non-Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) destinations (https://www.crescentrating.com/reports/global-muslim-travel-index-2021.html). The 2020/21 State of the Global Islamic Economy Report, by DinarStandard, said that in 2019 2.77 ...


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