The Ministry of Tourism has released an introductory video in which it calls on all citizens wishing to perform Umrah in the 1441 AH season to log on to the new Egyptian Umrah Portal, scheduled to be launched within days, to book their trips through the tourism companies that are permitted to organize Umrah trips for 2019/2020 and registered on the portal, as part of the awareness campaign launched by the Chamber of Tourism Companies under the slogan "Your Umrah Starts Here". The video covers how the new Umrah Portal, which was created to ensure the best services are provided to Umrah pilgrims, works, and the steps for registering on and using it.
To watch the video on the steps for booking Umrah trips on the Egyptian Umrah Portal, click here
Steps for pilgrims using the Umrah Portal
The first step is to go to the Umrah Portal link to make sure that the tourism company the citizen wishes to deal with to organize their trip is registered on the portal.
The second step is to verify the details of the trip program and its price, travel times, means of transport and accommodation hotels in Saudi Arabia, by entering the citizen's data on the portal, in order to obtain the "barcode" for travel from airports and ports.
The third step is for the pilgrim to obtain the "barcode", which confirms the validity of the visa, the soundness of the Umrah program and the completion of bookings for travel, transportation and accommodation hotels in the Kingdom. The "barcode" allows the responsible authorities to review the trip details and follow the pilgrim from the time the trip is booked until travel and safe return, and to intervene immediately to resolve any problem they face.
It is worth noting that the Chamber of Tourism Companies has launched an extensive awareness campaign for the new Egyptian Umrah Portal in print, broadcast and television media and on social media to raise citizens' awareness and introduce them to it, as it is the only legitimate platform organizing Umrah trips under the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism and the Chamber of Tourism Companies, and it is scheduled to be officially launched in the next few days. The campaign's advertisements also stress the importance of pilgrims obtaining the barcode, which guarantees the validity of their travel procedures to Saudi Arabia, not dealing with brokers, and the need to travel through the portal.
