Increasing economic growth through halal tourism in Indonesia

Abstract

This study uses quantitative methods with panel data regression analysis. The results of this study are tourists, hotel room occupancy rates, and hotel labor together have a positive and significant effect on economic growth. Then, tourists can independently positively and significantly affect economic growth. This condition also occurs in the impact of hotel labor on economic growth. Meanwhile, the hotel room occupancy rate only substantially affects economic growth. This study suggests that the government needs to pay more attention to the halal tourism hotel sector by optimizing Muslim-friendly services to increase the value of room occupancy rates. This study concludes that halal tourism in Indonesia has positively impacted economic growth.

Public interest statement
The success of halal tourism development is reflected in the success of Indonesia's halal tourism in obtaining various international awards. Thus, based on the achievement of halal tourism, this study wants to know the impact of halal tourism economically, namely investigating the effect of halal tourism on economic growth in Indonesia from 2014 to 2018.