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Top 10 most popular destinations for Muslim travelers

Destinations were ranked after assessing a location's Muslim friendly services and its awareness of halal foods

Web Desk October 05, 2015

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A Global Muslim Travel Index conducted by MasterCard-Crescent Rating put together top destinations for Muslim travelers in 2015.

The destinations were ranked after assessing a location's suitability as a holiday destination, its Muslim friendly services and its awareness of halal foods.

Here are the top 10 destinations for 2015:

1. Malaysia

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2. Turkey

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3. UAE

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4. Saudi Arabia

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5. Qatar

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6. Indonesia

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7. Oman

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8. Jordan

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9. Singapore

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10. Morocco

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This list originally appeared on The National

COMMENTS (7)

gag | 9 years ago | Reply Good example of the divide between cultures. I doubt any of those are on the top ten for Non Muslims and suspect only Morocco and Singapore would hit the top 30 list.

pk007 | 9 years ago | Reply There is nothing to see in UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. All of them have same type of tall glass buildings and landscape is either desert or dengue tropical. In my opinion, Iran, Turkey, Jordan and Morocco are the only countries worth seeing. They have rich history and culture.

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Salim | 9 years ago | Reply How about some countries like Mauritius or others in Africa?

Baloch | 9 years ago | Reply Central Asian countries are missing,

Afghan Maihan | 9 years ago | Reply I wonder why Iran is not on this list? Turkey and Iran are beautuful countries and heirs of the Ottoman and Achaemenid empires. The only other country on this list worth visiting would be Morocco, the rest are pedestrian compared to the above mentioned.

Rana Usman | 9 years ago | Reply I think the most popular and beautiful destination is Pakistan which has breath taking historical and beautiful places

Prada | 9 years ago | Reply I have the choice of the entire world to pick from !

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