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SOURCES: MASTERCARD-CRESCENTRATING'S GLOBAL MUSLIM TRAVEL INDEX 2019.
STATE OF THE GLOBAL ISLAMIC ECONOMY REPORT 2018/19.
COMPILED BY: NAOMI NEOH
DESIGN DIRECTION: LIM BEE BEE.
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS: GUINGM/GETTY IMAGES; VECTORPLUSB/GETTY
IMAGES; 45RPM/GETTY IMAGES. SERHII SEREDA/GETTY IMAGES; NATROT/
GETTY IMAGES; ARNAPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES; 13REE DESIGN/GETTY IMAGES;
AVECTOR/GETTY IMAGES.
COVER STORY
Muslim Travel
US$300b
Travel Spend
66.7%
from 2018
2020
2026
US$123b
Travel Spend
in Asia
US$97b
Travel
Spend
outside
Asia
How is the travel industry moving
the world's 1.8 billion Muslims?
Splashing out
on lifestyle wants
The segment spent
US$2.1 trillion across
lifestyle sectors in 2017,
with travel the fourth
highest category by
expenditure globally.
Asia was
home to
42.4% of
the world's
Muslim
population
in 2015
Largest source
markets for
Muslim travel
by region
• Middle East: 37%
Saudi Arabia, United
Arab Emirates, Qatar,
Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain
•
Asia: 11%
Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore
2000 2018 2026
25m
140m
230m
10%
of the
world's
tourists
2018
US$45b
Online
Spend
US$180b
Total Travel
Spend
Exceeding
more than
10%
of the world's
tourists
Food and
Beverage
US$1.3t
Fashion
US$270b
Media and
Recreation
US$209b
Travel
US$177b
Pharmaceuticals
US$87b
Cosmetics
US$61b
• Indonesia 12.6%
219m
•
India 11.1%
194m
•
Pakistan 10.5%
184m
•
Bangladesh 8.2%
144m
