According to the details, the Saudi government lifted the ban on performing Umrah 18 months ago due to the Corona epidemic. With the lifting of the ban, a large number of Umrah pilgrims are performing Tawaf at Masjid al-Haram.
According to the Saudi news agency SPA, Masjid al-Haram Vice President Amr Saad bin Muhammad al-Muhaimid said on the occasion that a series of Umrah and other acts of worship had started at Masjid al-Haram under Karuna Tadbir.
According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the visitor capacity will increase from 60,000 to 2 million per month and visitors to the holy sites of Mecca and Medina will be able to enter from abroad while maintaining precautionary measures against the coronavirus. It will be allowed.The Saudi government says pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia will have to undergo a government-supervised quarantine when they arrive in Saudi Arabia, the report adds, adding that countries with full vaccinations cannot enter Saudi Arabia. The list also includes nine countries, including Pakistan. , India, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Lebanon, South Africa and Turkey.
It should be noted that the Saudi government earns around 12-12 billion annually from Hajj and Umrah. Religious tourism is central to the Saudi economy.
In October last year, people from within the country were allowed to perform Umrah, while this year, only people from Saudi Arabia were allowed to perform Hajj on a limited scale after the corona virus outbreak.