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There is a desperate need for a special government body to issue certifications for the hotels or travel agencies seeking to offer Halal services and to follow up their abidance by the set regulations and standards. A study by the Malaysian Utara University has detailed several challenges facing the Halal hotels sector. The paper, themed Developing inexpensive london hotel a Model for Islamic Hotels: Evaluating Opportunities and Challenges, featured the non-existence of a business model for these hotels as the main challenge.
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Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, was the fifth most visited city in the world, with 8.9 million tourist arrivals in 2010. The increasing trend is contributed to visitors from the Middle East, who chose to continue to visit Malaysia after the historical September 11, 2001 event.
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