Kaohsiung Muslim-friendly hotel certification +22 Tourism Bureau: 43 hotels in total

Kaohsiung has added 22 Muslim-friendly certified hotel operators. (Photo provided by Tourism Bureau)

The Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau today announced the results of the Muslim-friendly hotel certification program and guided 22 hotels and hotels to obtain certification, bringing the city’s total to 43, demonstrating the specific results of Kaohsiung’s promotion of Muslim-friendly tourism.

Tourism Director Kao Minlin said that Kaohsiung has attracted tourists from all over the world through concerts and large-scale international events in recent years. Muslims have a population of about 2 billion in the world, and Malaysia has nearly 20 million people. He is optimistic that the Muslim tourism market is a tourism market that Taiwan and Kaohsiung can actively strive for and expand.

In order to improve the quality of reception for Muslim tourists, the Tourism Bureau helps hoteliers understand Islamic religious culture, dietary needs and service standards through professional guidance and certification mechanisms, and provides each hotel with a subsidy of up to NT$20,000 to reduce the cost of hoteliers improving facilities and introducing friendly services. It encourages more hotels to join the certification ranks and further expand the Southeast Asian and international Muslim tourism market.

The Tourism Bureau explained that this time the Muslim-friendly coaching program once again assisted 22 hoteliers to successfully obtain Muslim-friendly certification, 11 of which also provided Muslim-friendly breakfast services. A total of 43 hotels in Kaohsiung have obtained certification.

The Tourism Bureau has simultaneously strengthened the Muslim-friendly tourism environment, and has successively set up Muslim-friendly facilities at tourist attractions under its jurisdiction such as Xiziwan, Love River, Guanyin Lake, Guanyin Mountain Triangle Park, Lotus Pond, and Moon World Visitor Center, and integrated prayer rooms and purification facilities (Istinja/Bidet Facilities) include new attractions or renovation projects such as Cijin and Gangshan Eye, and specially produce a multi-language version of the "Kaohsiung Muslim-Friendly Tourism" travel brochure, and continuously update the "Kaohsiung Tourism Network" official website and official APP "Kaohsiung Go!"

From software services to hardware construction, extending from tourist accommodation to tourist attractions and recreational areas, we actively create a diverse, convenient and comfortable international friendly tourism environment.

Many tourist attractions in Kaohsiung have installed Muslim-friendly facilities. (Photo provided by Tourism Bureau)