Tuesday 31, July 2012 by Isla MacFarlane

$126 billion Muslim tourism opportunity highlighted in new study

A new ground-breaking study, Global MuslimLifestyle Travel Market: Landscape & Consumer Needs, shows that Muslim tourists globally represent a major niche market worth $126.1 billion in 2011 growing at a 4.8 per cent through 2020, compared to global average of 3.8 per cent.

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Economics IMF updates on Iraq economy

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