More Malaysian Pilgrims Served Under Makkah Route Initiative

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The Makkah Route Initiative continues to serve pilgrims from the Kingdom of Malaysia by facilitating their travel procedures to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the rituals of Hajj of this year 1444 AH.

Under the initiative, pilgrims have had all travel procedures completed, including the health requirements and the coding and sorting of their luggage according to the transportation and housing arrangements, to be then transferred to their residences in Makkah and Madinah upon arriving to the Kingdom.

The Makkah Route Initiative is one of the Ministry of Interior’s initiatives within the Pilgrim Experience Program, which is also one of the Saudi Vision 2030 projects, implemented for the fifth year, in 7 countries: Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and, for the first time, in Türkiye and Côte d’Ivoire.

The Ministry of Interior is implementing the initiative in cooperation with the ministries of foreign affairs, health, Hajj and Umrah, the General Authority of Civil Aviation, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, the Pilgrim Experience Program, and the General Directorate of Passports.

Source: Saudi Press Agency