Logistics of the pilgrimage to Mecca

About 94% of pilgrims arrive by plane. In order to reduce traffic jams and facilitate a flow of passenger movement, the airports of Jeddah and Madinah have created terminals dedicated to them.Cheap Umrah Deals UK Some pilgrims travel by bus, van and car. This year more than 30,000 vehicles have arrived, and there are more than 17,000 special buses driven by some 22,000 drivers who transport the pilgrims to the site. Since 2010, a metro line links the main stations of the ha

 As happens in the most important places of pilgrimage of the great religions, the authorities must organize everything so that the faithful do not have impediments in carrying out the ritual established by each belief. To make the journey between Mount Arafat and Muzdalifa - where they spend the night and collect stones for the rite of stoning, 17  trains have been arranged that will transport a total of 365,000 pilgrims, although this transport is limited to worshipers from Saudi Arabia , from the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman), from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Turkey and the United States. For the rest, there will be more than 17,000 buses available that will transfer them to Muzdalifa.
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