Halal Tourism and its Effect to Islamic Business Growth

Abstract

About 17,000 islands spreading in Indonesia, it's between pacific and Ocean of Indian, over 200 groups ethnic, and more than 300 spoken languages. Indonesia as a land of endless spectacular wonders because not only positions bridges continents of Australia and Asia but also biodiversity stretching along the equator line and a multitude of amazing landscapes. As natural world-class tourism destinations, it brings advantages and challenges to Islamic business growth. There is a lack of research trying to relate to Islamic business growth, Halal tourism, government revenue and accelerate economic growth itself. The purpose of this paper is exploring the causal relationship between Islamic business growth and Halal tourism. The method of this research is mixed method with 177 respondents in quantitative and 6 respondents in qualitative through interview with non-probability sampling. Data analyze using SPSS 21. Islamic business brings together parties related to Halal tourism: academics, innovative activities, social media, government, e-services, accommodations, and transportations. The findings of the paper showed that Islam as ad-Din (way of life) outlined value systems established by al-Quran and al-hadith in every aspect of life. Related to tourism, the Islamic religion seeks to deliver the goodness to all mankind according to its rules and principles.  Halal tourism affect significantly to the Islamic business growth.