DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PASSPORTS MAJOR GENERAL SALIM BIN MOHAMMAD ALBLAIHEED STATED THAT THE NUMBER OF PILGRIMS COMING FROM ABROAD UNTIL YESTERDAY REACHED 615,164 PILGRIMS. HE EXPLAINED THAT 597,818 PILGRIMS CAME TO THE KINGDOM BY AIR, 9769 PILGRIMS CAME BY LAND AND 7577 PILGRIMS CAME BY SEA.