What Are Travel Destinations Worth Watching During The Fasting Month?
Author: Muhammad Irzal Adiakurnia
Traveling during fasting is not impossible. You can choose destinations that do not exhaust, also give more meaning to your fasting. KompasTravel summarizes some tips on choosing a suitable destination for the traveler during fasting.
1. Select a Muslim Country / Destination or Muslim Majority
You can feel the culture of your country or your local destination during Ramadan. Especially the culture of breaking the fast, and unique dishes that only appear during Ramadan. In Indonesia alone many destinations that serve a special tradition during Ramadan, especially when breaking the fast. Starting from Aceh, Padang, and bustaman arab villages in various cities. For other countries, you can visit Malaysia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, southern China, and more.
2. Select Country with Short Hours
Compared to Muslims in the northern hemisphere, Australians and New Zealanders experience shorter fasting times of about 11 hours per day. Start at 5:58 am to 18:31 when breaking the fast. Of course traveling to this country will not make you more tired than traveling in Indonesia.
3. Non-Muslim Countries that Have Muslim Community
You may wonder what it is like to fast as a minority. Surely you will feel the challenge. It is not impossible kinship in the community very closely, so it can give a deep meaning when fasting there.
4. Cool Travel Destination
Blazing weather is best avoided when traveling in Ramadan, so as not to drain your energy. Many cool places in Indonesia offer stunning landscapes, such as Dieng Plateau, Ranu Pani, Bogor Peak, Ijen, and others.
5. Visiting A Country That Has Special Meaning During Ramadan
There are activities that have special meaning if you do in the Holy month of Ramadan. You can certainly do it while to a certain country or region. Like Umrah to Mecca. In addition, you can also hospitality to the cities where the relatives live.
