100% increase in the prices of Umrah... and no consolation for the longing to visit the Prophet

Umrah Package December 2017 trips were affected by the recent price wave in the country following the collapse of the pound against the dollar, due to the flotation decision, which hit the pound to its lowest level and the dollar reached LE 19 in official banks. Tourism experts confirmed that the prices of Umrah rose by 100%.

Ehab Abdel-Aal, a member of the General Assembly of the Chamber of Tourism Companies, said that the prices of Umrah programs will start from LE 8,500 per trip, an increase of 100% compared to the same period last year due to the rise in foreign exchange rates. That companies start to organize Umrah trips starting next January, following the adoption of the regulations governing Umrah, and the documentation of contracts between Egyptian companies and their Saudi counterparts.

Abdul-Aal said in a press statement on Monday that a package of measures and controls should be put in place to protect and regulate the market, control the numbers, protect pilgrims and tourism companies. He called on the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah at the Ministry of