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65.8% of Kingdom’s hotels located in Makkah region

The Makkah region hosts 65.8 percent of the total number of hotels operating in the Kingdom. The number of hotels of various categories in the Kingdom reached 2,621 in 2019, registering an increase of nine percent, according to the latest data received from the Ministry of Tourism and its Tourism Information Research (MAS) Center.

Pilgrims decline refund of Hajj fare, hope for 2021

The Chairman, CEO, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Zhikrullah Hassan has said more than 90 per cent of the 2020 intending pilgrims have declined the refund of their hajj fare.

Do You Know These Facts About Masjid-e Nabawi?

The total area of the Masjid including the courtyard is now 2,35,000 sq mt or 59 acres and the masjid is spread over 82,000 sq mt or 20.26 acres. Every year millions of Muslims from across the world visit the Holy Mosque in Madina, popularly known as Masjid-e Nabawi.

Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic as sites close and pilgrimages are put on hold

Religious tourism is among the oldest forms of planned travel and to this day remains a huge industry.

Umrah pilgrimage to be resumed soon after finalizing preventive guidelines

Saudi Ambassador in Pakistan Nawaf Bin Said Al- Malki Wednesday said that the Umrah pilgrimage would be resumed soon after finalization