Saudi Arabia has already welcomed Hajj more than 1.65m pilgrims, according to the General Directorate of Passports.
The passport authority said 1,655,188 people had arrived in the Kingdom to perform the pilgrimage, through all border points, until the end of Saturday.
The directorate stressed that it had exerted all effort to facilitate the pilgrims’ entry procedures, including by equipping its branches at all border crossings with the latest technological devices and by mobilising personnel who speak various languages.
Hajj 2023 pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
Of these, the directorate said:
- 1,587,590, including 242,272 beneficiaries of the Makkah Route Initiative, arrived by plane
- 60,768 came overland
- 6,830 by sea
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