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Hajj visas are very restrictive. You aren't allowed to go anywhere except Mecca and Medina, and you're only allowed to stay for the length of hajj plus a few da

by tboyd47 11y ago

Hajj visas are very restrictive. You aren't allowed to go anywhere except Mecca and Medina, and you're only allowed to stay for the length of hajj plus a few days extra for travel. And many of the people who go to hajj have spent their life's savings just to get there. So not a lot of foreign money is flowing, at least not compared to those other places.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago
Foreign == non-Muslim? Because somebody is staying in those hotels and its not locals, right?
- jawr 11y ago
  Pretty sure they're aimed at the wealthier muslims who don't want to stay in crude and overcrowded camps, not at non muslims.
  - kartman 11y ago
    if you are a non muslim it is illegal to enter mecca under saudi law.