Arrangements completed for pilgrims of Turkey, Europe, America

Makkah, November 17, SPA -- Abdullah Ala-Eddin, the Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Hajj Guides Establishment for the pilgrims
coming to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Turkey, Europe, America
and Australia, inspected here yesterday a number of the
establishment's offices.


Following the inspection tour, he said the establishment has
completed the required arrangements for receiving these pilgrims.


He noted that the offices of the establishment have been provided
with the most sophisticated equipment and qualified cadres.


Ala-Eddin pointed out that the offices of the establishment have
received up to yesterday 32, 878 pilgrims from Turkey, Eastern and
Western Europe; 31, 211 out of them came from Madinah and 1,667 came
via King Abdulaziz International Airport of Jeddah.


He noted that the number of the Turkish pilgrims who have so far
arrived in Makkah amounted to 31, 724, while the number of the
pilgrims who have arrived from Eastern Europe accounted for 142 and
1, 012 pilgrims from western Europe.


--SPA