Abstrak
<p align="center"><em>Taking advantage of potentials that are owned by surroundings has not yet the concern of many people despite their promising benefits, including those living in Tanah Datar Regency. It is a fact that Tanah Datar has so many economic potentials due to its tourism objects, its culture, and its cullinary tour. Unfortunately, those potensials have not been well used yet. One of the potentials that it has is its halal tourism for the foreigners, especially for those from Middle East because this area has Moslems as the majority of its population. Since English has been widely used as a means of communication in tourism world, taking advantage of halal tourism economic potential for the empowerment English Foreign Language Learners is a wise action. This paper, therefore, discussess the ways to take advantage of halal tourism economic potential for the empowerment EFL Learners. </em></p>