The Director of Department of Hajj and Umrah Security at Command of Hajj Security Forces Major General Eng. Mansour bin Sultan Al-Turki announced that the number of pilgrims coming from abroad for this year's Hajj season 1429H. amounted to more than 1.7 million. In a press conference held here today, he said that the total number of pilgrims will be issued on Eid Al-Adha day in an official statistics from General Authority of Statistics and Information at Ministry of Economy and Planning. On his part, the Adviser to the Minister of Hajj and the Ministry's spokesman said that the ministry granted more than 199,000 permits to pilgrims inside the Kingdom through 236 companies and institutions working in the service of pilgrims at home.
