MADINAH: More than 383,000 pilgrims of different nationalities visited Madinah through air and land ports, as well as through the Haramain high-speed railway, to perform Hajj this year.
The Hajj and Visit committee said in a statistics report that 22,383 pilgrims arrived in Madinah on July 13.
The report also showed that 227,989 pilgrims departed to Makkah on Thursday, of whom 23,537 left through Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport, 3,802 through the immigration reception terminal and 49 through the Land Pilgrims Center. The number of pilgrims staying in Madinah on Thursday totaled 155,252, with the occupancy rate of housing being 51 percent. The report said that 2,177 pilgrims benefited from medical services provided to them.
