The new Umrah season for 1447 AH officially kicked off today, after Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, approved the regulations governing the new Umrah season. The Chamber of Tourism Companies received a detailed copy of the new season's regulations and distributed it to all tourism companies that organize Umrah trips so they can begin working under them.
In this context, the Chamber of Tourism Companies confirmed in its circular to tourism companies that, as part of the executive procedures for the new 1447 AH Umrah season, starting today, Tuesday, July 1, the approval and authentication of Umrah contracts between Egyptian tourism companies and Saudi agents will open through the Egyptian Umrah Portal website https://tourism.egyptumrah.com
The chamber explained that the Egyptian company will log in to the Egyptian Umrah Portal using the username and password for the website of the Central Administration for Companies at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, then fill in the data and upload the required documents to the portal.
The chamber stressed that Saudi companies wishing to contract with Egyptian tourism companies must contact the chamber to request a username and password for the portal, attaching their commercial registration and the license of the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, with the Egyptian company and the Saudi agency completing their own registration on the Egyptian Umrah Portal and fulfilling the required procedures and documents.
To make things easier for Egyptian and Saudi companies, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities approved the chamber's request to extend the Umrah contract concluded last season between an Egyptian tourism company operating in the Umrah season and the same Saudi agent for the new season, based on the wish and request of both parties.
Also as part of its preparations for the season, the Chamber of Tourism Companies announced it will begin organizing a number of qualification courses for tourism company employees. The courses will start in the coming days with a "Religious Tourism Supervisor" course to prepare supervisors for the Umrah season and train them to serve Umrah pilgrims who are clients of tourism companies.
