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Senior Moderator
Sunday, August 2, 2009
A member of the Chamber of Ashraf Shiha travel, board chairman of the company Alhanov, the decrease in the number of pilgrims at this time by 70% compared to the case at this time last year.
Shiha stressed that the decision to prevent the travel of the elderly, the sick and the children to perform Hajj or Umrah to avoid disease swine flu a major impact on the proportion of bookings for the educated class or wish to perform Hajj or Umrah luxury tourism.
Shiha confirmed that the season of pilgrimage this is not a major recession we are witnessing in the past, and future bookings seem almost non-existent, especially in the coming month of Ramadhan.
Sheha said that the decline in demand for Umrah flights led to lower prices by about 30% lower than last year, he said, adding that "this is a significant drop did not also move the market or encourage people to travel as a result of health fears.
Sheha said that the fears of the repercussions of "swine flu" does not stop at the pilgrims, but the companies have the same fears of deals or hotel reservations, as there are fears in the departments of companies from the loss of their money in the event of negative developments have occurred relating to the epidemic.
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A member of the Chamber of Ashraf Shiha travel, board chairman of the company Alhanov, the decrease in the number of pilgrims at this time by 70% compared to the case at this time last year.
Shiha stressed that the decision to prevent the travel of the elderly, the sick and the children to perform Hajj or Umrah to avoid disease swine flu a major impact on the proportion of bookings for the educated class or wish to perform Hajj or Umrah luxury tourism.
Shiha confirmed that the season of pilgrimage this is not a major recession we are witnessing in the past, and future bookings seem almost non-existent, especially in the coming month of Ramadhan.
Sheha said that the decline in demand for Umrah flights led to lower prices by about 30% lower than last year, he said, adding that "this is a significant drop did not also move the market or encourage people to travel as a result of health fears.
Sheha said that the fears of the repercussions of "swine flu" does not stop at the pilgrims, but the companies have the same fears of deals or hotel reservations, as there are fears in the departments of companies from the loss of their money in the event of negative developments have occurred relating to the epidemic.
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