Tahun Ini Indonesia Berangkatkan 241 Ribu Jemaah Haji

This year Indonesia sends 241 thousand Hajj pilgrims.

Dream - Minister of Religious Affairs (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas announced that Indonesia will send 241 hajj pilgrims in 2024. This was conveyed after the Indonesian Government, together with the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, signed a hajj agreement (Ta'limatul Hajj) for the 1445 H / 2024 M hajj season. "We have agreed on several things with the Saudi Arabian side. One of them is the number of Indonesian hajj pilgrims who will be sent, which is 241 thousand people," said Minister Yaqut in Jeddah, quoted from his statement on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

Menag revealed that this number consists of 221 thousand regular quotas and 20 thousand additional quotas that have been approved by the Saudi Arabian King.

"The quota amount is the largest in the history of the implementation of the Indonesian hajj pilgrimage."

word Yaqut.

"Kuota Haji Indonesia" in English is "Indonesia's Hajj Quota".

In 2019, Indonesia obtained a quota of 231 thousand pilgrims. After the Covid-19 pandemic began to end, the quota for 2022 decreased to 100,051 pilgrims. Meanwhile, for the 2023 Hajj event, Indonesia received a quota of 229 thousand.

"Improvement of Hajj Services"

The man who is familiarly called Gusmen conveyed, in addition to the increase in the quota, there are also several improvements to the Hajj services that were agreed upon in the Ta'limatul Hajj. "Alhamdulillah, some of our requests for better Hajj services have been agreed upon by the Saudi Arabian Government," said the Minister of Religious Affairs.

"For example, regarding the placement of pilgrims in Mina. We can determine the position of the pilgrim tents closer to the Jamarat, as long as the contract implementation is done faster.""

The minister, who is familiarly called Gus Men.

"Freedom to Own a Company"

"Not only that, the Saudi Arabian Government also grants freedom to the Indonesian Government to choose service providers (syarikah) during the peak of the Hajj. "It doesn't have to be this syarikah or that syarikah, Indonesia is given the freedom to choose. This opens up opportunities to choose the best service provider for Indonesian Hajj pilgrims," said Gus Men."

"This is an incredible innovation done by the Saudi Arabian Government."

said Menag.

The signing of this agreement was carried out by the Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, and the Minister of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia, Tawfiq F. Al-Rabiah, in Jeddah. In addition to the signing of Ta'limatul Hajj, the Minister of Religion is also scheduled to attend the Hajj Conference and hold coordination meetings regarding the preparations for the implementation of the Hajj pilgrimage in 1445 H/2024 M.

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