Umrah The Minor Pilgrimage In Virtual Mode

Posted by albert jackson on June 5th, 2021

With it, it will be possible to relive the whole pilgrimage ritual from beginning to end, even if in a virtual way. It will always be virtual and has no value in faith, but at least it will give you the feeling of being at the Kaba or Masjid alNabay.Now the Monal Travels hajj and Umrah packages from new York is at a stand still. Hajj Minister Mohammad Benten said at a press conference on Monday that the government is still reviewing the total number of pilgrims admitted, stating that it could be " about 1,000, maybe less, maybe a little more ". Each pilgrim - excluding those over 65 years of age - will undergo tests before entering the holy cities, and at the end of the pilgrimage, he will have to undergo quarantine.
The economic damage is enormous both for the travel industry around the world, including Europe, where the United Kingdom will be particularly affected, and for Saudi Arabia, which in addition to the economic damage resulting from the reduction in oil demand, now adds the damage to the blockade of tourism, which, moreover, it is not known how long it will last. But even more, suddenly Saudi Arabia has to acknowledge that its plan, part of the great vision 2030 economy diversification project, of strengthening religious tourism as one of the most important sources of revenue to replace oil, is at a standstill.
The 'long-term impact of the virus " could deal a severe blow to the ambitions of Saudi Arabia to diversify its economy by expanding the tourism based on pilgrimage," emphasizes Seán McLoughlin, p professor of Anthropology of Islam, all' University of Leeds. And already on this front, the kingdom had a problem of governance and regulation of the pilgrimage industry which operates outside the kingdom with a Saudi license.
There lack professionalism and respect from some Saudi-licensed Hajj organizers is compounded by inconsistent approaches to regulation and enforcement, ”McLoughlinpoints out. "It is necessary or un more effective self-government by the industry of pilgrimages, as well as a more transparent communication and better coordinated among pilgrims, travel companies, as well as the Saudis and other authorities.