The Chamber of Travel and Tourism Companies and Agencies announced that it has been decided to actually begin operating the Egyptian Umrah Portal, with the first Umrah trips of the 1441 AH season departing on Monday, November 25.
The Chamber of Tourism Companies had closed registration on November 14 for Egyptian and Saudi tourism companies on the Egyptian Umrah Portal authorized to organize Umrah trips for the 1441 AH season, with the number of Egyptian companies registered reaching 1,833, in addition to 500 Saudi companies and establishments.
In this context, Ahmed Ibrahim, executive adviser to the Egyptian Umrah Portal and its official spokesman, stated that the tourism companies implementing Umrah programs this year will start registering program and pilgrim data on the portal from today, Thursday, November 21, until the end of this year's 1441 Umrah season.
He pointed out that technical controls have been set for the system's operation, consisting of tourism companies documenting their contracts with Saudi agents electronically on the new portal, in accordance with the system in force in Saudi Arabia and in coordination with the Chamber of Travel and Tourism Companies and Agencies, as the Ministry of Tourism grants companies a username and password for the portal.
