The Haj season is reaching its climax, with the arrival of 1,486,958 pilgrimage so far from the Muslim world, Al Riyadh reported.
The overall number of pilgrims who arrived in Saudi Arabia dropped by 0.7 per cent (10,529 pilgrims) compared with the same period last year.
According to statistics released by the General Directorate of Passports, 1,392,928 pilgrims arrived by air, 78,282 by land and 15,748 by sea.