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Dernière mise à jour : 26 Jun 2026, 3:04 AM (heure saoudienne)
Mina's five-floor Jamarat complex, spanning 950 by 80 meters, can move more than 300,000 pilgrims an hour with hundreds of escalators, surveillance cameras, cooling and fire-safety systems, setting a global standard for Hajj crowd management.
Smart robots offering multilingual guidance, sanitisation robots, and AI-driven crowd analysis are expanding services at the Grand Mosque in Makkah as the 1448 Umrah season gets under way, with the Nusuk app tying the digital services together.
Saudi Arabia has reduced the Umrah visa entry window to 30 days from the date of issuance for the 1448 AH season, while keeping the 90-day stay limit unchanged. Pilgrims must hold confirmed Nusuk bookings before applying.
The Makkah Route Initiative pre-cleared and transported 388,694 pilgrims on 1,227 flights during the 1447 Hajj season, expanding to 17 ports in 10 countries with Senegal and Brunei joining for the first time.
Pakistan's federal cabinet has approved a new private Hajj policy for 2027 to 2030 that replaces the quota system with performance-based grading, a digital booking portal and strict controls on how pilgrims' money is handled.
Wego and Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah have launched a digital platform that combines visa requests, hotel booking and ground services, offering pilgrims three tiers of support for the 1448 AH season.