Emirates occupies third place in the global Islamic Tourism for 2015

Emirates got the third tourist destination classified under "MasterCard Crescent Ratng the" World Islamic Tourism Index, and represents the most comprehensive search index was released on Islamic tourism sector.
He explained, "the global benchmark for Islamic Tourism 2015" report, the Middle East and North Africa are the top 10 global destinations within a total of 40 destinations.
Turkey also came in second place, followed by Saudi Arabia ranked fourth, and fifth place in Qatar.
Then followed by the Sultanate of Oman ranked seventh and eighth place in Jordan and Morocco in ninth place.
Thus, the UAE is at the forefront of the Gulf and Arab countries in general.
The Malaysia came first in the list of tourist destinations within the OIC countries with Singapore ranked first in the list of countries that do not fall under the banner of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and then followed all of Thailand, the United Kingdom, South Africa and France.
The index also revealed that the size of the sector in 2014 amounted to $ 145 billion, thanks to the books of 108 million Muslims, making up 10% of the total economy of the travel industry.
Forecasts indicate the growth of the number of passengers to 150 million passengers by 2020, representing 11% of the travel industry, and is expected to value this market to grow up to $ 200 billion.