{"id":2181,"date":"2018-08-12T09:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T09:13:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-08-12T09:13:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T09:13:34","slug":"pilgrims-haj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/announcements\/pilgrims-haj\/","title":{"rendered":"A Whopping 1.22 Million Pilgrims Have Arrived In The Kingdom And It&#8217;s An Increase On Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A staggering 1.22 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi to perform Haj, with an increase of 70,348 pilgrims compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers, released on Friday were released by the Passports Directorate.<\/p>\n<p>1.14 million pilgrims came by air travel, with 59,000 arriving by land and just 13,311 from sea travel, according to the Saudi Press Agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 1.22 million Pilgrims Arrive, in the Kingdom, by Friday.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTMtbJuFDu\">https:\/\/t.co\/UTMtbJuFDu<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SPAGOV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SPAGOV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPAENG (@Spa_Eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spa_Eng\/status\/1028380212487237633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Read: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/announcements\/ask-any-haj-and-umrah-related-questions-via-new-app-by-the-ministry\"><em>You Can Ask Any Haj And Umrah Related Questions Via A New App By The Ministry<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A staggering 1.22 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi to perform Haj, with an increase of 70,348 pilgrims compared to last year. 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