Friday, August 10, 2007

Travel and Vacation

I love watching programs on vacation/holiday and food like the numerous shows on Travel & Living segment such as the Globe Trekker, Feast Bazaar, World Asia Cafe, The Naked Chef, 1000 Places to go before you die, Passport to Europe, Floyd, Nigella Feasts, Kylie Wong, National Geographic and the likes. The people travel to these various parts of the world showing the ways one can spend their money or where to go and what to eat. To enjoy these vacations and taste the glimpse of life of the locals’, you have to stay overnight for a few days. At the same time you can get to enjoy the food and drinks of the home cuisine. Some of the places shown are really interesting and the foods tested (or rather tasted) are mouth-watering. You can take pleasure in the vacation and the savory of the foods in the comfort of your couch at home but nothing beats the real thing.

An idea, and more like a business prospect, comes to mind after watching various shows on Astro. All this while we have been watching rather general programs about traveling which also involves food (that not everybody can consume), that supposedly appeal to people form all walks of life which is not entirely applicable to everybody. The other concern when traveling is food, as an example Muslims cannot take food as liberated as everybody else. This does not mean that Muslims are picky or food inhibits Muslims adventurous natures but far from that as this is more on business than personal.

There should be a program that caters to a specific group of people for example the Muslim community (which is a big community all around the world). A lot of variations can be done from the same basic program regarding the subject of traveling. There could be a program about traveling/vacation/holiday to places of interest within the Muslim community like following the trail of our beloved prophet (pbuh) Muhammad in spreading Islam and the food catered to this vacation is definitely halal all throughout the holiday duration.

There should also be a program for people with less money (the average) to spend on traveling as well. Money should not discriminate people on taking the well deserved vacation. How wonderful it would be if there is a package or a program (to inspire) on traveling to other parts of the world for an acceptable price and having no worries about the food supplied. TV programs that promote this could work out with the travel agents, the airline companies, the country to be visited as well as the cafes/restaurants that serve halal food for the Muslim community. Now that is something we can truly look forward to and enjoy. How is that for a business idea!

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