During the 9^th Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers (ICTM), held in Niamey, Republic of Niger on 21-23 December 2015 a Resolution was adopted on Tourism Development among the OIC Member States, under which the ICTM decided to establish a Working Group on Islamic Tourism, which comprises of the Republic of Indonesia (Coordinator), People’s Republic of Bangladesh, SESRIC, SMIIC and IUT.

Per this mandate, Indonesia organised the First meeting of this Working Group in Padang, Indonesia on 29 September 2016. SESRIC was represented by two experts in this event.