Current Issues of Halal Tourism. Case Study in Japan

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10.2991/icskse-18.2019.2How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Japan, Halal, Tourism

Abstract

The Japanese government in welcoming the 2020 Summer Olympics has committed to preparing halal tourism for Muslim tourists. This study aims to understand how the current conditions are related to the availability of halal tourism components in Japan. The methodology in this study is qualitative descriptive. The process of data collection is done by interviewing data and observation. The research locus was conducted in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Determination of informants is done by using purposive sampling technique. The informants carried out during the study were moslem tourist from Indonesia, restaurant employees, Japanese tour guide service providers, JHA, tour guides, Halal experts at Ritsumeikan University, and Muslim Students from Indonesia. The results show that the availability of halal tourism in Japan is not sufficient. This can be seen by the lack of English language information for Muslim tourists, the difficulty of availability and access to halal food, and the issue of halal certification.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Abdul Kodir
AU  - Abdul Karim
AU  - Citra Dewi Kartika Paksi
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - Current Issues of Halal Tourism. Case Study in Japan
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Knowledge Sciences and Education (ICSKSE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 13
EP  - 18
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icskse-18.2019.2
DO  - 10.2991/icskse-18.2019.2
ID  - Kodir2019/06
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