The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque released statistics on the number of visitors to the Two Holy Mosques, which reached 12,490,649 visitors and Umrah performers in a single week, from 14 to 20 Safar 1447 AH.
According to the statistics, the Grand Mosque received 4,288,893 worshippers, while the Prophet's Mosque received 5,123,264 visitors, and Al-Rawdah Al-Sharifah was visited by 299,252 worshippers, according to a post on the website of the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque.
The number of those who offered greetings to the Prophet and his two companions reached 503,429 visitors. As for Umrah, 2,259,964 pilgrims performed it at the Grand Mosque, while 15,847 worshippers prayed in the Hijr (Hijr Ismail).
The authority stressed that these figures reflect the scale of the field and organizational efforts made to provide an easy and safe spiritual experience for visitors to the Two Holy Mosques, through an integrated system of services covering organizational, operational, health and security aspects.
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