Riyadh – Mubasher: Saudi Arabia issued 2.6 million Umrah visas in the current Hijri year, as the number of arriving Umrah performers surged by 3.47% year-on-year, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced.

Pakistan led Makkah’s top 10 visiting nationalities for Umrah with 617,040 performers, followed by Indonesia and Yemen with 405,060 and 120,420 performers, respectively, the ministry revealed.

Travellers coming via flights accounted for 2.05 million performers, while land travellers made up 193,500 of the total incoming Umrah performers.