Al-Marsad Newspaper: Adel Hanafi, Vice President of the General Union of Egyptians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, revealed the details of the new visa to perform Umrah.
Adel Hanafi said in televised statements: “Saudi Arabia has issued your visa as a ticket for religious tourism, as holders of any travel visa to any country can land in transit in Saudi Arabia and can enter Saudi Arabia.”
Adel Hanafi continued: “The visa can be obtained by an individual within a few minutes, enabling him to stay in the Kingdom for a period of 4 days, and he can perform Umrah.”
Free visa
For his part, Basil Al-Sisi, a member of the General Assembly of Chambers of Tourism Companies, said that Saudi Arabia allows a free visa and 4-day stay to visit the Kingdom and perform Umrah.
And the cost of the new Egypt-Saudi Arabia ticket will be linked to the price of the flight ticket, the airport for the destination, and the class that the traveler books on the plane, and the average price of the new Saudi Arabia round-trip ticket from Saudi Airlines from Egypt ranges between 7,000 pounds and 11,000 Egyptian pounds, without having to pay a visa fee. Saudi Arabia, in addition to the fees for paying room reservations for staying in one of the hotels in the Kingdom. The average price of 4 nights in a medium-rated Makkah Al-Mukarramah hotel on Saudi hotel booking sites ranges between 1,000 and 3,000 pounds. Transportation expenses from the hotel and to the Haram can reach a total of about 12,000 pounds.