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 …