'Pilgrim City' Planned in Madinah
Saudi Arabia will build a “pilgrim city” for 200,000 Muslims who travel to Madinah for Hajj and Umrah.
The state-of-the-art city would cover 1.6m square metres and include hotels, furnished apartments, a railway and bus station, government offices and a 400-bed hospital.
The project would be funded by the state-owned Public Investment Fund.
The kingdom is boosting its services and facilities at the holy city as an increasing number of Muslim pilgrims make the voyage.
Saudi Arabia is also renovating and expanding the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site, to allow it to hold 2m pilgrims at a time.
It is estimated about 6m pilgrims travelled to Madinah and Makkah for Hajj or Umrah last year.
Source: Arabian Business
The project would be funded by the state-owned Public Investment Fund.
The kingdom is boosting its services and facilities at the holy city as an increasing number of Muslim pilgrims make the voyage.
Saudi Arabia is also renovating and expanding the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site, to allow it to hold 2m pilgrims at a time.
It is estimated about 6m pilgrims travelled to Madinah and Makkah for Hajj or Umrah last year.
Source: Arabian Business
