Young Muslims Catch a $100 Billion Travel Bug
- Tourism spend of millennial Muslims to almost double by 2025
- Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan are most popular destinations
Muslim tourists pose for a selfie in front of Damascus Gate, in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Photographer: The Washington Post via Getty ImagesCountries will need Muslim-friendly tourist industries if they want a slice of one of the world’s fastest-growing traveler markets.
Millennial Muslims -- those aged between 18 and 36 -- are projected to spend more than $100 billion annually on traveling by 2025, almost double last year’s figure, according to a report from Mastercard and Muslim travel website HalalTrip. All age groups belonging to the religion are expected to spend around three times that much.