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Indonesia, the world's largestHalal consumer populationThe majority of countries, through participation2017Malaysia International Halal Exhibition (Mihas), seeking to expand the influence of their halal industries, including tourism and food and beverage industries.

This year's exhibition,4moon5Day to4moon8The event will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on2016Yearly2Ten thousand2Thousands of people increased to2Ten thousand5Thousands of people. This year's exhibition is hosted by33countries580exhibitors, including South Africa, China, Thailand, Japan and Indonesia.

2016In 2016, the exhibition facilitated11.4100 million ringgit (approximately2.573This year, it offers four main exhibition areas, namely food, non-food, andHalal regulationsservices and e-commerce.

“We areMihasThe exhibition brought13Therefore, we expect to sell at least1000A travel bag. Ministry of Tourism HalalHalalHead of the Tourism Development Promotion AssociationRiyanto SofyanHe told The Jakarta Post reporters in an interview outside the venue on Wednesday.

“By participating in this exhibition, we hope to tell the whole halalHalalThe Indonesian tourism industry is booming. Many Muslim tourists are expected to be attracted to Indonesia.”

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, has more than1Ten thousand7Thousands of islands, committed to stimulating significant growth in tourism, with the goal of2019Year attracts200010,000 tourists, almost the same number as last year——1200Twice as many as 10,000 people.

According to the overall data, Indonesia plans to2016Year250Based on 10,000 people2019The year ushered in500Thousands of Muslim tourists.

Therefore, the government is currently committed to developing10The Muslim-friendly tourist areas are: Aceh Province, West Sumatra Island, Lombok Island in West Nusa Tenggara Islands, West Java Island, Jakarta, Central Java, Yogyakarta City, East Java, Riau Province, and South Sulawesi Province.

Of these regions, the government has set three priorities in its development plan: Zia, West Sumatra and Lombok.

exist2016World HalalHalalZia Province won two outstanding awards at the Tourism Awards: World's Best Halal Specialtyattractions and the world's best airport for Muslim tourists, an award that has also been given to Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport.

At the same event, West Sumatra won the World's Best HalalHalal FeaturesAttractions and Best HalalHalalThe name of the meal.

“We also want to establish a halal community in Lombok, especially in Senggigi Beach.HalalBeaches, where men and women will be separated.”Riyantoexplain.

At the same time, Indonesia participated2017YearMihasThe exhibition's delegations include mainly from the food and beverage industry28Small and medium-sized enterprises.

2016Indonesian SMEs received90100 million rupees (675371The goal this year is to set a new record high in potential orders.

“We hope this exhibition can help us prepare for further sales of our products around the world.” Head of the Cooperative Enterprise and SME Marketing DepartmentAgni Iswaranitold The Jakarta Post.

AgniIt is said that Indonesian products are often exported and sold to different countries under different trademarks, which makes it difficult for Indonesian-made products to gain recognition in the global market.

Therefore, he said if the country can strengthen its branding strategy, it will have great opportunities to be a global halal power.HalalThe industry occupies an important position.

Published by Thomson Reuters2016/2017GlobalHalalThe Economic Status Report and the Dinar Standard Estimates indicate that2021The world will be halalHalalSpending on food and daily necessities3trillion US dollars,2015Yearly1.9Trillion dollars has increased significantly.

At the same time, halalHalalThe financial market size is expected to increase from2Trillion soared to3.5Trillion.

However, in the same report, Indonesia ranked first in the global halal economic indicators.36The index ranks tenth, which shows the current Islamic economic system73The prosperity and development of a country.

Malaysia121The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain ranked first with86Divided sum66points followed closely behind.