MARKETS - Muslim travel grows

TTGasia.com, Jun 15-21, 2007

The growing affluence of Malay Muslims in Singapore and their thirst to venture beyond South-east Asian destinations for leisure travel have made them an attractive market for Chinese agents who have not traditionally handled the segment. Deks Air (Singapore) is one such agency. It launched its first Muslim tour in April. The new south Vietnam packages range from S$609 (US$395) per person for a three-day FIT package to S$668 per person for a four-day group package, inclusive of accommodation at Amara Saigon and air fare on Vietnam Airlines. The country was chosen as Islam has had a presence there for the past 1,000 years. There are about 65,000 Vietnamese Muslims in southern Vietnam, with 15 mosques in Ho Chi Minh City.

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