"Tourism companies": Conducting the electronic lottery for tourist Hajj… and pledges to provide a distinguished season for Egyptian pilgrims
The Chamber of Tourism Companies conducted this evening, Monday, the electronic lottery for the tourist Hajj for the season 1446 AH/2025 AD.
Samia Sami, Head of the Central Administration of Tourism Companies in the Ministry and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Hajj and Umrah, confirmed that the Ministry is striving with all earnestness and sincerity to overcome all obstacles. In front of the pilgrims of tourism companies performing the Hajj in comfort, ease and safety.
She stressed that the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is keen every year to develop and update the regulatory controls for Hajj in line with the development of means of implementing programs, and it spares no effort in modernizing its work systems to make it easier for companies and to keep pace with all modern technical work systems in the field of Hajj and Umrah.
She indicated that the Ministry’s efforts this year resulted in the establishment of governing controls that have not been neglected. Nothing is a coincidence, but rather it focused in all its provisions on what serves the pilgrims and facilitates the companies’ mission in serving them and comforting them.
She added that there is a demand among citizens for Hajj. Tourism in light of the great confidence in it, and in the services that are provided, all of which come under the full supervision and continuous control of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, and the support of companies and the provision of all facilities to them throughout the season, so that all of this ultimately serves the pilgrims and removes all obstacles in front of them.
Samia Sami pledged that the ministry would continue to serve the pilgrims, and to make every effort to make the season a success and facilitate their performance of the religious duty.For his part, Nasser Turki, a member, directed The Supreme Committee for Hajj and Umrah, and the Vice President of the Federation of Tourism Chambers, thanked the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathi, for his support for religious tourism companies in obtaining their full share of Hajj visas for the first time since the Corona pandemic, amounting to 36,000 Hajj visas.
He praised. With the efforts of Samia Sami, Head of the Central Administration of Companies at the Ministry of Tourism, for her efforts in making the efforts of the Ministry and companies a success for the 2025 Hajj tourist season.
He stressed that the Hajj controls For the year 2025, it included avoiding a recurrence of the negative events witnessed during the last Hajj season.
He added that the most important of these controls is tracking and prosecuting illegal entities that caused negative events during the last Hajj season, indicating continued coordination with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Ministry of Antiquities. The Ministry of Interior is represented by the competent security services to continuously monitor these entities, as a large number of brokers’ offices that are not licensed to organize Hajj and Umrah trips were seized.
He pointed out that the Religious Tourism Committee of the Chamber Companies are making great efforts to take care of the interests of pilgrims, thanking Saudi companies for their efforts to serve pilgrims.
He stressed the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the General Federation of Tourism Chambers and the Chamber of Tourism Companies, for the success of the 2025 Hajj season, explaining that the current goal is to obtain First place in the Islamic world in organizing the Hajj this year.
Turki issued an important call to every citizen who wants to perform the Hajj rituals for the year 2025 on the necessity of turning to licensed companies. And contracting with her to perform the obligation without an intermediary.
