Umrah packages to be offered on "Nusuk" will be organized through Egyptian and Saudi travel companies
The joint coordination committee between Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah stressed that reports about Umrah packages or entry visas to the Kingdom being offered individually via the "Nusuk" platform are untrue, noting that the Umrah packages to be offered via the "Nusuk" platform will be organized through Saudi companies in partnership with Egyptian travel companies and in accordance with the rules and procedures in force in the two countries.
This came during the coordination meeting of the joint coordination committee between Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah at the headquarters of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Jeddah, with the aim of discussing mechanisms to raise and develop the quality of services provided to Egyptian Umrah pilgrims during the current Umrah season and future seasons.
The meeting was chaired on the Egyptian side by Samia Samy, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Travel Companies Affairs and Head of the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah, and on the Saudi side by Eng. Abdulmohsen Abdulrahman Al-Salem, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for Umrah Affairs, in the presence of a number of Ministry of Hajj and Umrah officials concerned with Umrah affairs. The Egyptian delegation also included Eng. Mohamed Reda, Director General of Religious Tourism, along with a number of members of the technical office of the Assistant Minister for Travel Companies Affairs.
The two sides discussed a number of organizational files related to the Umrah season, including contracting mechanisms between Egyptian travel companies and their Saudi counterparts, as well as ways of strengthening technical integration between the Egyptian Umrah portal and Saudi Arabia's "Nusuk" platform to unify pilgrims' program data, raise the accuracy of information and ease its exchange between the competent authorities in the two countries, strengthening the protection of Egyptian Umrah pilgrims' rights.
