Saudi Arabia: Umrah Pilgrims From Abroad Reach 18 Million; Hajj Data Platform Ufuq Launched
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced at the sixth Hajj and Umrah Conference and Exhibition in Jeddah on November 11 that Umrah pilgrims arriving from abroad had risen from 8.4 million in 2022 to 18 million in 2025, while visits to Al-Rawdah Al-Sharif at the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah rose from 6 million to about 16 million.
Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah attributed the growth to easier visas and continued expansion of pilgrimage services. The Pilgrim Experience Program also launched Ufuq, a data platform bringing together more than 100 annual reports and over 15 dashboards for government agencies, the private sector and researchers.
Under its Vision 2030 programme, Saudi Arabia is expanding religious-tourism capacity and has made digitising Hajj and Umrah services a priority.
(Source: Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah)
Source: Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
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Photo: 麦加禁寺内围绕克尔白祈祷的副朝朝觐者（CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons，本站裁切）。Umrah pilgrims around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped).
