More than 173,000 pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia by the end of Friday to perform Hajj.
More than 109,000 pilgrims arrived by air, while 54,000 by sea and 10,000 by land, country's Director General of Passports Department Salem bin Mohammed Al-Bilaihid said in a statement on Sunday.
Hajj Minister Bandar bin Mohammad Al-Hajar revealed last week that Saudi Arabia is expecting 1.8 million pilgrims from abroad this season.
"We have well studied our plans which would be implemented within organized schedule (to deal with Hajj season)," the minister said.
Source: Agencies
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