Samia Samy: Monitoring the reception and accommodation of pilgrims at their designated hotels in Madinah and tourism companies' compliance with approved programs
Samia Samy, Assistant Minister for Tourism Companies Affairs, Head of the Egyptian Tourism Hajj Affairs Office and Head of the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah, today made a field visit to Madinah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to monitor the reception and accommodation procedures of Egyptian tourism pilgrims arriving under the various tourism Hajj programs at their designated hotels, as part of following up on the progress of the 1446 AH (2025) tourism Hajj season.
The field visit included monitoring and verifying tourism companies' compliance with the approved programs in light of the rules set by the ministry, particularly with regard to the quality of services provided and the level of catering and comfort at the accommodation.
Samia Samy, head of the Higher Committee for Tourism Hajj, revealed that the number of Egyptian tourism pilgrims who have arrived so far in Madinah under tourism Hajj programs has reached about 14,500, all of whom have been accommodated in approved hotels that comply with the rules set by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
She explained that tourism pilgrims will stay in 65 hotels in Madinah, most of them rated between 4 and 5 stars, distributed within the Central Area (north, south and west), to ensure easy access to the Prophet's Mosque and facilitate the movement of pilgrims.
She stressed that the ministry's committee in Madinah is monitoring the arrival of tourism pilgrims around the clock, ensuring they are accommodated and providing them with all forms of assistance, in full coordination with the organizing tourism companies and the relevant authorities. She praised the fruitful cooperation with the Saudi authorities in facilitating entry procedures and providing the necessary support from the moment pilgrims arrive in Madinah, as well as the fruitful coordination and cooperation with the official Egyptian Hajj mission headed by Major General Ashraf Abdel Moaty, Egyptian Assistant Minister of Interior for Administrative Affairs, in overcoming obstacles that tourism pilgrims may face, in addition to tourism companies' commitment to the approved rules and their keenness to provide the best level of services to pilgrims from their arrival until their later transfer to Makkah to perform the Hajj rituals.
