In 2021, some 60,000 residents of Saudi Arabia performed the pilgrimage. Last year, nearly 900,000 pilgrims were welcomed to Islam’s holiest cities of Mecca and Medina for the pilgrimage.

In 2021, some 60,000 residents of Saudi Arabia attended. ... Only those between the ages of 18 to 65 could attend the hajj in recent years. Saudi Arabia also had limited which private companies ...

The pandemic caused the number of Hajj pilgrims to dwindle to 1,000 in 2020, but it rose to about 60,000 in 2021, when the Hajj was opened only to residents of Saudi Arabia.

In 2021, few foreign visitors were admitted to Saudi Arabia, and all needed to be vaccinated and to present a negative COVID-19 test. In 2022, only 900,000 pilgrims visited the holy city. Link copied!

In 2021, some 60,000 residents of Saudi Arabia attended. ... Only those between the ages of 18 to 65 could attend the hajj in recent years. Saudi Arabia also had limited which private companies ...

Fewer than 10,000 pilgrims performed the Hajj in 2020 and around 60,000 in 2021 — all of them residents of Saudi Arabia since pilgrims were forbidden to come from abroad.

Hajj pilgrimage. to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is considered one of the five main tenets of Islam, and while the people who take the trek are required to register and receive proper permits, many don't.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will return to pre-pandemic levels this year after restrictions saw the annual religious commemoration curtailed over ...

Saudi Arabia has warmed at a rate that is 50% higher than the rest of the Northern Hemisphere over the last 40 years, according to a 2021 study published by the American Meteorological Society.