Doha – The Royal Commission for Pilgerage has determined the costs for the Hajj season 2025 (1446 h) at MAD 63,770 (6,377 USD) for pilgrims, which were supervised by the Ministry of Religious Foundations and Islamic Affairs, and marks a decline compared to the last Year of MAD 66.865.50 ((((((((() () () (((() ((((((((((((((((((() (((() ((((() (Mad 66.865.50 $ 6,686)).
Initially the ministry Had set Preliminary costs of MAD 65,000 ($ 6,500), the pilgrims paid between September 2 and September 20, 2024 via Barid Bank branches.
The Commission now has announced A declaration of the ministry published on Tuesday that these pilgrims receive a reimbursement of MAD 1,230 (123 US dollars).
At the beginning of this month, on February 11th, Minister for Religious Foundations and Islamic Affairs Ahmed Toufiq informed The House of Representatives about the preparations for this year’s pilgrimage.
He outlined that the pilgrim rate in Morocco is 34,000. 22,400 pilgrims are managed via official government channels and 11,600 via travel agencies.
“The organization of Hajj is based on two main phases,” said Toufiq during his parliamentary briefing. “The first is the annual meeting with officials from the Hajj Ministry and Raah in Saudi Arabia and other relevant stakeholders.”
In the second phase he added, “contains a session of the Royal Commission for Pilgrimage, which brings together various national departments.”
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The minister also explained that an escort and guidelines for each group of 49 pilgrims are assigned, with training for pilgrims in the regional Oulemas councils since November.
For the context, the Hajj season (1445 h) recorded a total of 1,833,164 pilgrims last year, who visited Mecca how the Saudi general authority assumes statistics. Of these, 1,611,310 came from Saudi Arabia, while 221,854 were domestic pilgrims.
The statistics showed that 22.3% of international pilgrims from Arab countries, 63.3% from Asian countries, 11.3% came from African countries and 3.2% from Europe, America, Australia and other regions.
Pilgrims that have been supervised by the Ministry for this year’s Hajj must complete their payments via Al Barid Bank branches with specific documentation, including their national identity card and their selection certificate.
