Saudi Arabia issues more than 6.57m Umrah visas

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in this August 28, 2017 file photo. (AFP)

• There are 486,876 pilgrims still in the Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 6,571,991, of which 5,971,334 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according to data provided by the Hajj Ministry.

There are 486,876 pilgrims still in the Kingdom, with 339,970 in Makkah and 146,906 in Madinah, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.

Most pilgrims — 5,339,642 — came to the Kingdom by air, while 553,536 entered by land and 78,156 arrived by sea.

The largest number of pilgrims are from Pakistan (1,353,625) followed by Indonesia (881,459), India (579,443), Egypt (405,750) and Turkey (279,038).