Al Rajhi receives the camps for pilgrims of all programs and completes their furnishing and preparation
Distinguished locations in Mina and Arafat, service centers experienced in the Egyptian market and intensive preparations for pilgrims' comfort
The delegation of the Ministry of Tourism, the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah and the Chamber of Tourism Companies, present in the Holy Lands, continued its meetings and field tours to check on the final preparations for the 1447 AH Hajj season, which is set to begin in early May.
Al Rajhi Group for Pilgrim Services, responsible for hosting Egypt's tourism Hajj pilgrims, has taken over all the camps in Mina and Arafat, and the preparation and furnishing of the camps have been completed in readiness to receive pilgrims weeks before the Hajj season. This is part of early preparations for the season according to timelines set by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah immediately after the end of last year's season, in cooperation with Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and round-the-clock coordination between the Chamber of Tourism Companies, represented by the Religious Tourism Committee, and Al Rajhi Group for Pilgrim Services.
Upon arriving in the Holy Lands in recent days, the tourism delegation held important meetings with Al Rajhi Group's leaders to check on the final Hajj preparations, and Samia Samy, Assistant Minister of Tourism for Companies Affairs and head of the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah, asked to visit the camps to make sure everything presented was available on the ground.
The tour covered the tourism Hajj camps for all programs, "luxury, 5-star, economy and land", in the presence of members of the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah: Nasser Turki, Vice President of the Federation of Tourist Chambers; Ahmed Ibrahim, head of the Chamber's Religious Tourism Committee; Walid Khalil, deputy head of the committee; Yousry El-Saudi, committee member and head of the Dispute Resolution Committee; Osama Emara, Executive Director of the Chamber of Companies; and a number of representatives of the Ministry of Tourism and the Chamber and Al Rajhi Group leaders.
Samia Samy called for avoiding any shortcomings seen in past seasons and maintaining pilgrims' places in the camps with easy access to them. She also tasked the ministry delegation accompanying her on the tour, led by Eng. Mohamed Reda, Director General of Religious Tourism at the ministry, with regular and continuous follow-up with the Chamber and Al Rajhi hospitality company to make sure any shortcomings are avoided and positives maximized.
During the tour, Ahmed Samir, Deputy CEO of Al Rajhi Group, reviewed the details of this year's Hajj organization, the various scenarios for the season and the plan of action to face challenges, announcing that the tourism Hajj camps for all programs have been received. He stressed that thanks to early coordination for Hajj this year, the mission reaped the result in distinguished camp locations in Mina and Arafat, which also gave the opportunity to excel in the quality of the tents and the distribution of pilgrims inside them.
