Over 198,000 Pilgrims Arrive in Madinah

Madinah, May 31, 2023, SPA -- The latest statistics issued by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah about the pilgrim flow to and from Madinah revealed that the number of whom arrived in Madinah until yesterday amounted to 198,670 of several nationalities, who traveled through the air and land ports to perform the Hajj rituals this year.
The statistics indicated that 124,946 pilgrims arrived at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah since the first batch of pilgrims arrived until yesterday, while the land immigration center received 7,100 pilgrims.
The statistics showed that the largest number of pilgrims arrived from Indonesia, amounting to 40,364 pilgrims, while 27,789 pilgrims arrived from India. Also, 26,749 pilgrims arrived from Pakistan, 13,734 pilgrims arrived from Bangladesh, and 13,004 pilgrims arrived from Iran.
More than 20,000 pilgrims left Madinah during the past few days on their way to the holy sites in Makkah, the statistics indicated.
--SPA