Netherlands: Hajj ban on travel agencies

The Saudi Arabian government has banned four Dutch travel agencies from organizing hajj tours for Muslims.  The tours of those agencies were beset by many problems such as double-booked flights and hotels which turned out to be still under construction.  That's according to the Saudi ambassador in the Netherlands.

Every year dozens of Muslims find themselves victims of badly organized tours.

The ban holds for several big agencies that have years of experience in organizing hajj tours.  Three of the four are banned forever.  One still has the chance to show that they can organize tours without problem.  It was not advertised which agencies were banned.

Source: HLN (Dutch)


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