Professional paper
Halal Tourism Services from the standardization point of view
Yasin Zülfikaroğlu
orcid.org/0009-0005-2502-5401
; The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC); Address: İstanbul Dünya Ticaret Merkezi A1 Blok No: 436 - 437 - 438 K:14 Yeşilköy, Bakırköy - İstanbul / TURKEY, 34149
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Abstract
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation is the second largest inter-governmental organization after
the United Nations which has membership of 57 countries spread over four continents. The Organization
is the collective voice of the Muslim world ensuring to safeguard and protect the interests
of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony among various
people of the world. The Standard and Metrology Institute for Islamic countries also seeks for
achieving uniformity in metrology, laboratory testing and standardization activities among member
states and ensuring education and training and providing technical assistance to the OIC members in
the domain of standardization and metrology. OIC/SMIIC Standards are prepared by the Institute’s
Technical Committees that are composed of its member states. The experts assigned by the member
states participate in the standardization technical work and establish the common OIC/SMIIC Standards
aimed to be used by member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the relevant
stakeholders in the world. Technical Committee 5 is entitled as “Tourism and Related Issues”.
At first, the committee prepared the draft standard on Halal tourism services. Following submission
of the document for the review and approval of the member states, the draft has been approved and
published as the standard with reference no “OIC/SMIIC 9: 2019 – Halal Tourism Services General
Requirements” by 22 December 2019.
Keywords
OIC; SMIIC; Standardization; Halal Tourism Services
Hrčak ID:
344187
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Publication date:
31.12.2025.
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