The key motives for tasting halal food whereas at a tourism destination included experiencing and tasting one thing new, thus reinforcing current studies indicating that novelty-seeking and sensory stimulation are essential food consumption motivations in tourism (Mak et al., 2017). Compared to a particular leisure activity, transnational leisure is a broader idea that comes with a variety of activities associated to one’s ethnic origin. Rather than looking at behavioral consistency across leisure and tourism, this examine is unique in establishing a relationship between leisure and tourism. Transnational leisure could be outlined as “leisure that is maintained by transnational migrants to foster their ties with their international locations and communities of origin” (Stodolska and Santos 2006, p. 162). Given that transnational leisure contains a variety of activities, starting from celebrating conventional holidays to watching YouTube videos (Huang et al. 2015), it is necessary to additionally examine the results of several types …
