The total number of tourism pilgrims transported via the land route reached 5,700
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the arrival of the last land tourism Hajj groups in Saudi Arabia, as part of the group movement plan for the 1447 AH-2026 season.
For her part, Samia Samy, Assistant Minister for Travel Company Affairs, Head of the Egyptian Tourist Hajj Affairs Office and Head of the Supreme Committee for Hajj and Umrah, explained that the total number of tourism pilgrims transported via the land route reached 5,700, setting off from Egypt's Nuweiba seaport and passing through Jordan's Aqaba port and the Halat Ammar crossing, to the Nawariyah area in Makkah and to Madinah in Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Tourism deployed its committees at all points along the land tourism Hajj route to receive pilgrims as soon as they arrived and provide them with the necessary support and facilities, under an integrated plan that ensured smooth arrivals and the provision of services in line with the regulations set by the ministry.
Samy added that the completion of the groups' arrival according to the approved timetable reflects the efficiency of the organizational system the ministry put in place for the current Hajj season, noting that monitoring of tourism pilgrims does not stop at the arrival stage but extends to following them while they perform the rituals until they return home, achieving the targets set for providing distinguished service to the Guests of God.
She noted that the ministry's committees submit periodic reports around the clock on pilgrims' conditions and the progress of services provided to them, and intervene immediately to resolve any observations or remove any obstacles they may face, in direct coordination with the relevant authorities in Saudi Arabia, as well as constant communication with the organizing travel companies to ensure full compliance with the approved standards.
She added that the land trips monitoring operations room accurately tracked the routes of all buses carrying pilgrims from the departure of the first trips until their arrival in Makkah and Madinah, using the GPS system installed on the buses, which strengthened the safety and security provided to Egyptian tourism pilgrims. The system will continue to operate to monitor the return trips as soon as pilgrims finish performing the rituals until they arrive home.
It is worth noting that the land tourism Hajj system this season relied on an integrated organizational plan that included prior coordination with the security authorities at all ports, with the Arab Bridge Maritime Company and with the relevant authorities in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, reflecting the ministry's keenness to provide distinguished service to pilgrims and ensure their safety at every stage of the pilgrimage, with the committees continuing their work until the last group of pilgrims returns home.
