The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities today announced the results of the public electronic lottery for the tourist Hajj for the 1448 AH/2027 season, held at the ministry's headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, in accordance with the regulations, rules and procedures governing the tourist Hajj approved by Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy. The lottery was conducted electronically through the Unified Egyptian Hajj Portal.
Tour companies that entered applicants' data for the tourist Hajj can retrieve the electronic lottery results through the Unified Egyptian Hajj Portal using their login credentials.
Citizens can also check the electronic lottery results using their national ID number on the Unified Egyptian Hajj Portal website:
As well as the Egyptian Tour Companies Services Portal
For her part, Samia Samy, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Tour Companies Affairs and head of the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah, said the number of applicants for the tourist Hajj lottery this season reached 145,530 citizens, up 27% from last season's 114,604. She stressed that none of the applicants had previously applied through any other Hajj-organizing body in Egypt, in line with the rules of the Ministerial Hajj Committee.
Below is the breakdown of applicants for each tourist Hajj level:
Economy tourist Hajj: 100,020 citizens, 68.73% of all applicants.
Overland Hajj: 25,900 citizens, 17.8% of all applicants.
Five-star Hajj, camps (A–B): 9,677 citizens, 6.6% of all applicants.
Five-star Hajj, camps (C): 5,602 citizens, 3.8% of all applicants.
Five-star Hajj, Kidana Towers: 4,331 citizens, 2.98% of all applicants.
The total number of visas allocated to the tourist Hajj from Egypt's Hajj visa quota is 30,650, distributed across the tourist Hajj program levels as follows:
Five-star, Kidana Towers: 2,000 visas
Five-star tourist camps (A and B): 4,300 visas
Five-star tourist camps (C): 3,500 visas
Economy by air, levels (A–B–C): 18,000 visas
Overland, levels (A–B–C): 2,850 visas
The regulations had set the prices of tourist Hajj programs at all levels (five-star, economy and overland) for the 1448 AH/2027 Hajj season.
The ministry stresses that winning citizens must contact tour companies to complete the procedures and pay for their Hajj program within a maximum of 15 days from the date the lottery results were announced, in line with the regulations, while sticking to the program level and means of travel on which the lottery was conducted and keeping their contracts and payment receipts showing the program level and agreed services, to protect their rights.
The announcement of the results marks the start of the contracting phase and preparations for running the tourist Hajj programs. As for the season's operational timeline, registration of entities (consortia) between companies runs from 1 to 8 October 2026.
Contracting for comprehensive Hajj packages and inspection of pilgrims' accommodation begin on 25 November 2026, and companies must finish documenting and inspecting accommodation contracts and contracting for packages by 8 January 2027 at the latest.
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities urges tour companies to meet the set deadlines and fulfill implementation requirements, helping to keep preparations for the season on track and ensure the contracted services are delivered.
This season's Hajj regulations include a performance and data quality evaluation system that allocates 50% of the evaluation to the tour company's performance, 30% to its supervisors' performance and 20% to pilgrims' assessment of the services provided to them, making their opinions and actual experience part of measuring the quality of implementation, alongside adherence to deadlines, data accuracy and matching services to the program.
The public announcement of the tourist Hajj lottery results was attended by members of the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah and representatives of the ministry's Central Administration for Tour Companies, the Egyptian Federation of Tourist Chambers, the Chamber of Travel and Tourism Companies and Agencies, and the Ministry of Interior, represented by the Administrative Affairs Sector.
