95% of Mecca Hotels are Booked: Prices Reach SAR1200 Per Night
Okaz newspaper – Okaz’s tour revealed a rise in bookings for the first period of Umrah season to reach 85-95% in most of the hotels in the central region of Mecca and surrounding areas. According to hotel officials in the central region, the night cost ranged between SAR450-1200 while the prices in the normal days ranged between SAR500-700 and rises during holidays to reach...
Makkah Vendors Banned from Selling Holy Mosque Souvenirs
Arab News – The Ministry of Commerce and Investment continues its campaign in Makkah against selling souvenirs of the Kaaba, Maqam Ibrahim, and Al-Haram Al-Makki because of what it called “preserving its sanctity” after shops were notified through inspection tours. According to a source at the branch of the Ministry of Commerce and Investment in Makkah, souvenirs and antiques of...
“Hajj and Umrah” crowned with the Award of Innovation and Engineering Excellence 2017
Sabq Online Newspaper – The International Engineering Conference and Exhibition crowned the Ministry of Haj and Umra with the award of Innovation and Engineering Excellence 2017, through a number of its employees. The award was organized by the Saudi Engineers Organization for the first time in the Kingdom during the period from 16 to 18 Rabi ‘Al-Awwal in Riyadh, under the slogan...
Sacred Saudi Mountains to be Rehabilitated
TradeArabic – The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) has reiterated its plans to rehabilitate the historical mountains of Makkah to woo pilgrims from different parts of the Islamic world to visit the sites, said a report. In addition to this revered mountain, the Kingdom’s tourism authority has promised to develop three historic sites in the holy city,...
52.8 Million Pilgrims visited Saudi Arabia Over the Past Decade
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia announced that the number of pilgrims coming to the Kingdom over the past ten years amounted to 52 million and 832 thousand and 376 pilgrims, according to the latest statistics issued by the Ministry, which registered the number of visas issued for Umrah over the past decade, and recorded a statistical increase in numbers from 3 million And 379...
The number of Muslims undertaking the Hajj has doubled in 20 years. How is Mecca coping?
CityMetric – Millions of Muslims journey to Mecca every year to visit the Kaaba (Ka’bah), Islam’s holiest shrine. In 2017, around 2.35m pilgrims (1,75m of them are foreign – according to Statista). Overcrowding burdens the city with infrastructure costs: roads, accommodation, billions of liters of water, etc.. On occasion, the Hajj and events surrounding it have been...
Cooperation between the Ministry of Hajj & Umrah and Makkah Education Department
Alwafd – Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Abdul-Fattah Suleiman Mushat, met with Mr. Mohamed bin Mahdi Al-Harthi, Director of Makkah Education Department, to discuss the aspects of joint cooperation between the Ministry and the Education Department. The Deputy thanked the Director for his prompt actions in regards to raising awareness of volunteering to serve the guests of...
