Indonesia Gets Quota For Hajj 2022 As Many As 100,051 Pilgrims, South Kalimantan Gets 1,743 People

Illustration of the Hajj in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Between)

KALSEL - South Kalimantan Province (Kalsel) will receive a quota of 1,743 pilgrims for the 2022 hajj pilgrimage. The number of hajj quotas that South Kalimantan will get in 2022 is according to the national distribution

Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of South Kalimantan H Muhammad Thamrin said that overall Indonesia received a quota from Saudi Arabia of 100,051 people.

With details for the national hajj quota, namely, as many as 92,825 people for regular hajj and as many as 114 mentors from elements of the Hajj and Umrah Worship Guidance Group (KBIHU). "The remaining 465 people for the quota of Regional Hajj Officers (PHD)," he said.

As for the details on the South Kalimantan Hajj quota in 2022, namely, as many as 1,732 regular hajj quotas, one KBIHU Advisor and 10 Regional Hajj Officers (PHD).

"The quota for regular hajj pilgrims is allocated in accordance with the allocation for provincial or district/city hajj quotas in 1443 H/2022 AD," he said, quoted from Antara.

For pilgrims who have paid the Hajj Travel Expenses (Bipih) in 2022 AD and are at most 65 years old as of July 8, 2022 according to the order of the portion numbers.

Furthermore, for pilgrims who have paid off Bipih in 2020 but are not included in the quota allocation or postponed the 2022 departure, they will be prioritized to become hajj pilgrims during the 2023 pilgrimage as long as the hajj quota is available.

The South Kalimantan hajj quota in 2022 is less than 50 percent of the hajj quota before the COVID-19 pandemic, which amounted to 3,818 people.