Saudi Arabia receives 4.8 million foreign Umrah pilgrims this year

As many as 4.8 million foreign pilgrims have performed Umrah since the beginning of the current Islamic year which started at the end of July 2022, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has said.

Of those pilgrims, 4,329,349 arrived by plane, 507,430 arrived via land ports, and 3,985 arrived through seaports, the Arab News reported.

A total of 1,351,731 pilgrims arrived in Madinah via the holy city’s Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport and visited the Prophet’s Mosque.

Prince Abdul Mohsin bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Yanbu also welcomed 11,132 Umrah pilgrims, the ministry said.