JAKARTA - Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas said, based on information from the Minister of Hajj of Saudi Arabia, it is possible that Indonesia's hajj quota in 2023 will be higher than this year.
"Hopefully next year's quota will be more than this year," said the Minister of Religion after an evaluation meeting on the implementation of the Hajj pilgrimage in Jeddah, Antara, Saturday, July 16.
However, he could not confirm the exact figure of the quota. The Minister of Religion expects a 100 percent quota. Gus Men, his nickname, assured that he would continue to communicate intensively with the Saudis.
He further said that during the meeting with the Saudi minister, it was also conveyed that there would be a special quota for the elderly.
"What kind of definition I don't know yet. We'd better wait for the Saudi government," he added.
During the 2022 hajj, Indonesia will get a hajj quota of 100,051 people, or less than half from 2019 due to limiting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Likewise with the cost of hajj, it is hoped that next year it will decrease so that it will not burden the pilgrims.
This year, the operational costs of Hajj have also swelled, requiring additional funds to reach IDR 1.5 trillion.
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