1,964 NTB Hajj Pilgrims Arrive In Indonesia

NTB Hajj Pilgrims upon arrival at Lombok International Airport. (ANTARA/Ho-Humas Lombok Airport)

CENTRAL LOMBOK - It was recorded that the number of pilgrims from West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province who had arrived in their homeland reached 1,964 pilgrims out of a total of 4,837 pilgrims who had carried out the pilgrimage in the holy land of Makkah.

"The total number of pilgrims who have arrived is 1,964 people," said Lombok Airport Public Relations Arif Haryanto in Central Lombok, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, June 29.

The pilgrims who have arrived in their hometowns include 393 pilgrims from batch 1 from Mataram City, 392 pilgrims from Hajj group 2 from Central Lombok Regency and 393 pilgrims from Hajj group 3 from West Lombok Regency.

Then 393 pilgrims from Hajj group 4 from East Lombok Regency and 393 pilgrims from Hajj group 5 from Central Lombok Regency.

"Of the 13 groups of NTB pilgrims, only 5 have arrived," he said.

He said the schedule for the return of the Lombok Embarkation pilgrims had been from June 22 to July 9, 2024.

The pilgrims were taken by Garuda Indonesia plane from Saudi Arabia directly to Lombok Airport, after which they were taken by bus to the Mataram Hajj dormitory.

"The location for picking up pilgrims by the family is carried out at the Mataram Hajj Dormitory," he said.

The departure and repatriation of the Lombok Embarkation Hajj pilgrims is divided into 13 flying groups, both intact and mixed.