Egypt cracks down on tourism companies after haj deaths

Egypt cracks down on tourism companies after 1,000 pilgrims have died in searing Mecca heat

Egypt withdrew the operating licenses of 16 tourism companies and referred them to the public prosecutor, accusing them of being responsible for the deaths of Egyptian pilgrims in Mecca, a crisis unit tasked with addressing the situation said on Saturday. More information with William Hilderbrandt.

Egypt pulls licenses of travel agencies implicated in deadly hajj tours

Media reports say as many as 1,000 pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia from illness but the prime minister's office, tasked with handling the crisis has confirmed only 31 deaths. The agencies are accused of deception; obtaining personal visit visas for their victims instead of hajj visas

Egypt Cracks Down on Several Tourism Firms After Pilgrim Deaths

Egypt’s government revoked the licenses of 16 tourism agencies for organizing unauthorized pilgrimages that led to the deaths of several Egyptian pilgrims, a Cabinet Facebook statement published on 22 June reads. The statement, which came after an emergency ministerial meeting to address the matter, added that the companies’ managers are to be referred to the public prosecution on charges of fraud. The decision comes in light of recent media rep…

Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert