Increased investment – from sharia-compliant accommodation to consumer goods – is helping Dubai position itself as a key player in the rapidly expanding global halal travel industry.
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Economic update | Dubai taps into halal tourism
23 Sep 2016
This chapter contains hotel listings for business and leisure travellers, useful contact details for embassies and ministries, and practical information for first-time visitors.
Economic view | Ravi Shankar, President Director, Asia Pacific Fibres; and Chairman, Indonesian Synthetic Fibre Makers Association, on the growth potential of the textile industry
22 Sep 2016
RAVI SHANKAR: Indonesia's upstream segment manufactures significant quantities of two raw materials: polyester and rayon. The two major fibres consumed in the textile industry are polyester and cotton, the latter of which is not currently being produced in Indonesia. Polyester production began in 1980, so we have a sizeable industry in Indonesia, but in the last 20 years capacity has mostly been developed in larger countries such as India and China.
While Mexico’s tourism industry posted significant growth last year, the sector must refocus its efforts on improving awareness of and access to peripheral tourist markets to fuel further expansion. According to the UN World Tourism Organisation, the sector recorded 32.1m international tourist arrivals last year, while the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reported that tourism directly accounted for 7% of the country’s GDP, with this increasing to 15.1% upon taking indirect contributions into account.
Articles & Analysis | Agro-industry from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
THE COMPANY: New Guinea Islands Produce Agmark (NGIP Agmark) is a diversified agri-business based in PNG and operating plantations, coastal shipping, hardware, machinery, trucking, logistics, stevedoring, retailing, engineering, and property development and investment. Headquartered in Kokopo, East...
Articles & Analysis | Oil and gas from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
THE COMPANY: Oil Search (OSH) has been incorporated in Papua New Guinea since 1929 and has a market capitalisation of PGK28bn ($9.6bn). OSH has a 29% interest in the PNG Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, which is operated by ExxonMobil PNG. The PNG LNG project has a capacity of 6.9m tonnes per...