Tourism companies implement programs for 36,000 tourism Hajj visas and about 5,000 for organizations
By Akram Medhat
Mohamed Bakr, a member of the tourism Hajj mission, said there is full coordination with the other specialized missions, and that sites have been allocated for setting up clinics to serve areas with large numbers of Egyptian pilgrims at the economy level. He noted that the ministry supervises 36,000 Hajj visas, which is the tourism quota, in addition to 5,178 visas for organizations that are implemented by tourism companies, with the organizations only notifying the ministry. He stressed that so far the mission has received only 26 complaints, 9 of which have been resolved.
Bakr affirmed that there is strict monitoring of the work of tourism companies and no leniency with any violation of their obligations to pilgrims, adding that committees are deployed in all places where tourism pilgrims of all levels are present, as well as committees in the rituals area, the Tawafa locations, and the tents in Arafat and Mina. He referred to the joint committee of the Ministry of Tourism, the Tawafa Establishment and the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah that monitors the services provided by the Tawafa to Egyptian tourism pilgrims and compensates them in the event of any breach of what was agreed with the companies regarding accommodation.
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