Saudi nets $16.5b from pilgrims
Saudi Arabia raised $16.5 billion from Muslim pilgrimages this year to Mecca and Medina in the west of the kingdom, a Saudi newspaper reported yesterday.
Al-Hayat said a total of 12 million pilgrims including 1.7 million from abroad spent 62 billion riyals ($16.5 billion)during the hajj this year, a rise of 10 percent over 2011.
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