THE NUMBER OF PILGRIMS ARRIVED IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA FOR PERFORMING HAJJ RITUALS UNTIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2006 STOOD AT 1,374,735. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (SPA), DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PASSPORTS DEPARTMENT MAJOR GENERAL SALIM BIN MOHAMMED AL-BILAIHEAD POINTED OUT THAT 1,243,926 PILGRIMS ARRIVED BY AIR; 110,239 BY LAND AND 20,570 BY SEA.