JAKARTA: Indonesia is stepping up efforts to promote Muslim-friendly destinations across the country, as tourism officials seek to position the country as the world’s best after recently securing second place in the latest Global Muslim Travel Index. Indonesia ranked second in this year’s Mastercard-CrescentRating GMTI, an annual report benchmarking destinations in the Muslim travel market, climbing three spots from 2025 and sharing the ranking with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, as Malaysia retained its long-standing lead.