The Ministry of Religious Affairs, through the Haj Management Department, has updated the list of travel agencies, now totalling 21 agencies, approved to offer umrah packages using Saudi Arabia tourist visa.
The travel agencies are: Darussalam Services Sdn Bhd (DSSB), Straits Central Agencies (B) Sdn Bhd (SCA), Raudah Al-Amin Sdn Bhd (RAA), Continental Yachting Sdn Bhd, At-Taqwa Travel Tours Sdn Bhd, Titian Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, Dar El-Ehsan Travel Sdn Bhd, Al-Hijrah Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, Al-Abraj Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, Al-Baraka Travel Service Sdn Bhd, Aleiya Voyages Sdn Bhd, Al-Hajat Tours and Travels Agency Sdn Bhd, Al-Haramain Bil Iman Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, As Safa Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, Balurih Travel Sdn Bhd, Humaira Travel Centre (Borneo) Sdn Bhd, JB Travel Agencies Sdn Bhd, Lamisa International Tours and Travels Sdn Bhd, Mustaqim Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, PGGMB Travel Services Sdn Bhd and Qamaroon Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd.
Of the 21 travel agencies, only eight are approved to offer haj and umrah packages using Saudi Arabia tourist visa for the 1443-1445 Hijrah season.
The eight are: DSSB, SCA, Raudah Al-Amin, Continental Yachting, Dar El-Ehsan Travel, Al-Hijrah Travel and Tours, Titian Travel and Tours and At-Taqwa Travel Tours. – Azlan Othman