First Makkah Route Initiative Flight Departs Bangladesh

This year marks the fifth implementation of the Makkah Route Initiative in Bangladesh. (SPA)
This year marks the fifth implementation of the Makkah Route Initiative in Bangladesh. (SPA)
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First Makkah Route Initiative Flight Departs Bangladesh

This year marks the fifth implementation of the Makkah Route Initiative in Bangladesh. (SPA)
This year marks the fifth implementation of the Makkah Route Initiative in Bangladesh. (SPA)

The first flight carrying beneficiaries of the Makkah Route Initiative departed Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

This year marks the fifth implementation of the Makkah Route Initiative in Bangladesh.

The initiative aims to provide high-quality services to pilgrims from the beneficiary countries. It entails completing all necessary travel procedures in the pilgrims' home countries, such as issuing electronic visas, ensuring that pilgrims have a clean bill of health, and finalizing passport procedures at the departure airport.

Additionally, luggage is coded and sorted according to the pilgrims' transportation and accommodation arrangements in the Kingdom.

Upon arrival, pilgrims are offered transportation to their places of residence in Makkah and Madinah, and their luggage is delivered to their accommodations.

The Makkah Route Initiative is one of the Saudi Ministry of Interior's programs, implemented in cooperation with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, Hajj, and Umrah, as well as other government entities.



Al-Budaiwi: Unified GCC Tourism Visa Coming Soon

Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat
Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat
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Al-Budaiwi: Unified GCC Tourism Visa Coming Soon

Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat
Jassem Al-Budaiwi meets with the participates of the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments. Photo: GCC Secretariat

The unified GCC tourism visa (for non-Gulf countries' residents) will be launched soon, Secretary General Jassem Al-Budaiwi said this week.

Al-Budaiwi - during the 39th meeting of heads of GCC Interior Ministries' passport departments - expressed gratitude to all efforts to realize the unified tourism visa, the GCC Secretariat said in a statement on Wednesday.

He indicated that the measures would help realize the visions of the Gulf leaderships, adding that involved parties were keen on keeping up with the latest technologies, as well as growing and rapid global security demands.