arab holidays

Penang is becoming a destination for arab holidays. In response to the uncertain domestic situation in the local arab countries, the like of the unrest in Syria, the people's revolution in Egypts and the US invasion of Iraq, the wealthy Arabic are looking for another destination to spend their oil dollars.

The Arabs had been a frequent visitors to Cairo, however the situation in Egypt had forced them to look for alternative. Malaysia comes as a natural choice and Penang is the destination.

What makes Penang as a place for arab holidays.

a. Ease of getting halal foods - The Arabs are muslims and they have to eat the properly slaughtered meat. As Malaysia is a muslim country, where the majority are muslim, finding halal food is not a problem here. Most hotels serve halal food and even the beef or lambs imported fro Australia or New Zealand are halal.

2. Friendly local - the Arab had been accepted in the part of the world since the early days of Arab traders who came for the spices. Only when the European controlled the countries of Indonesia and Malaya, the Arab traders were chase out.

3. Good tourist infrastructure - Penang had been developed to accept tourist. So the arab holidays makers will be able to enjoy the short stay here. According to statistics, 89,000 visitors from middle east visited Penang fron April to August 2011.