{"id":4909,"date":"2016-04-27T17:19:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T12:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2021.halalworld.co\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2021-06-06T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:51:21","slug":"more-restaurants-in-taiwan-obtain-halal-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/2016\/04\/27\/more-restaurants-in-taiwan-obtain-halal-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"More restaurants in Taiwan obtain Halal certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sixteen restaurants around Taiwan were given Halal certification, which identifies them as trustworthy establishments that serve food in compliance with Islamic dietary law.<br \/>\nThe granting of the certificates at a ceremony in Taipei was part of Taiwan\u2019s efforts to attract more Muslim tourists in a bid to expand its tourism.<br \/>\nThe certificates were issued by the Tourism Bureau, in collaboration with the Taipei-based Chinese Muslim Association, to restaurants in Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, Hualien and Taitung. This brings to 31 the number of restaurants throughout the country that are now certified as Halal or Muslim friendly restaurants, which means do not serve certain foods such as pork or wine that are not permissible under Islamic law, according to the association.<br \/>\nThe certified restaurants offer a wide range of food, including Indian, Thai and Turkish and Egyptian cuisine.<br \/>\nLiu Hsi-lin, deputy director-general of the bureau, said at the ceremony that people from different countries and of different religions will have different needs.<br \/>\nThe key to developing Taiwan\u2019s tourism is to show respect for these<br \/>\ndiverse needs, Liu said.<br \/>\nWith Taiwan aiming to attract more Muslim tourists from countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, it is important to create a friendly environment for them and \u201cmake them feel at home,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nTo this end, Liu said, the bureau has been working with the Chinese Muslim Association to help the local tourist industry cater to the needs of Muslim visitors.<br \/>\n\u201cMuslim tourists are an important part of the global travel market,\u201d he said, noting that Muslims make up 20 percent of the world\u2019s total population.<br \/>\nSalahuding Ma, secretary-general of the association, said at the ceremony that tour guides also play a major role in helping to expand the Muslim travel market.<br \/>\nTo help promote Taiwan as a travel destination for Muslim tourists, the association has been training tour guides and producing travel brochures specifically for Muslims, Ma added.<br \/>\n\u201cBy doing so, we hope to help not only to increase the number of tourists but also enhance the quality of tourism,\u201d he said.<\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen restaurants around Taiwan were given Halal certification, which identifies them as trustworthy establishments that serve food in compliance with Islamic dietary law. The granting of the certificates at a ceremony in Taipei was part of Taiwan\u2019s efforts to attract more Muslim tourists in a bid to expand its tourism. The certificates were issued by [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[282,459,171,371],"class_list":["post-4909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hotel-and-restaurant","tag-halal","tag-halal-restaurants","tag-news","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4911,"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909\/revisions\/4911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halalworld.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}