A change of career brought Yafieda Md Jamil to Cambodia eight years ago. In 2014, she left home in Malaysia to work at an advertising agency in Phnom Penh. While she was in Cambodia, she also took another leap of faith – a religious one – by travelling during the holy month of Ramadan.
The notion that Muslims generally do not travel during Ramadan may be a common one, once upon a time. But in the few years before Covid-19 hit, tourism analysts have observed some growth in travelling during the Muslim holy month.