Abstract
Coronavirus (COVID-19) gained and will continue to gain a lot of global attention over the coming months (and maybe the coming few years). Since its outbreak in Wuhan (China), it has turned into one of the major challenges affecting the whole world. In a comparatively short time, the virus outbreak turned into a pandemic that led to massive negative impacts not only on people health and well-being, but also on the global economy, travel industry, pharmaceutical industry, tourism industry, and many other industries. This research paper aims to investigate the different effects of coronavirus on the global Halal tourism and Halal hospitality industry and whether the coronavirus pandemic is the end of Halal tourism and hospitality as we know it or not. The paper offers an in-depth theoretical examination of the different aspect of the pandemic on Halal tourism and hospitality industry and provides guidance on how to address these different aspects. The current paper is one of very few research papers addressing coronavirus on the tourism and hospitality industry.
Highlights
Islam encourages travel and inspires Muslims to travel to every part of earth to be educated, to seek a better life, to perform Islamic religious rituals such as Hajj or Umrah, to seek a cure from illness, tourism and enjoyment, as well as many other reasons
For every Muslim, travel is something that is highly linked to Islamic Shariah
Service-oriented economies will be affected by COVID-19
Summary
Islam encourages travel and inspires Muslims to travel to every part of earth to be educated, to seek a better life, to perform Islamic religious rituals such as Hajj or Umrah, to seek a cure from illness, tourism and enjoyment, as well as many other reasons. Islam is constructed on five central pillars, and one of them is to perform Hajj by any Muslim who can afford this physically and financially. To meet such an essential pillar of the pillars of Islam, Muslims need to travel to Saudi Arabia at least once in their life to perform such a very important Islamic religious ritual. Many verses in the Quran (the holy book for Muslims) support and encourage Muslims to travel Among these verses, (the verses are in the same order as the sequence of different surahs—chapters—in the Quran): Islam encourages travelling for many different motives and reasons. Islam encourages travelling for the following reasons:
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