Prices for Hajj-2023 in Tajikistan

The Committee for Religious Affairs, Regulation of National Traditions, Celebrations, and Rituals of Tajikistan has determined the prices for pilgrimage this year. The prices for Hajj in Tajikistan are the highest in the region.

According to the press service of the Committee for Religious Affairs, the cost of Hajj this year for each pilgrim will be 59,000 somoni, or 5,406 dollars. The statement notes that this is 1,520 somoni or 140 dollars cheaper than last year.

However, pilgrims complain that in addition to the official 59,000 somoni, officials demand additional payments for registering the data of pilgrims, advancing in line, subscriptions to several government newspapers and magazines, and others.

“This amount covers all initial expenses for pilgrims, including costs for round-trip airfare, hotels in Mecca and Medina, three meals a day, guide services, accommodation in Mina, Muzdalifah, and Arafat, payment for sacrifices, transportation along the Jeddah-Mecca-Mina-Arafat-Muzdalifah-Mina-Mecca-Medina route, organization of a medical point in Mecca and Medina, insurance, payment of state fees, and provision of pilgrims with a book about Hajj and badges,” the committee’s statement says.

The committee did not provide further details on the expenses for pilgrimage to Mecca.

The cost of Hajj in Russia is at least 400 dollars lower than in Tajikistan. Therefore, a large number of Tajik citizens with Russian citizenship are going on pilgrimage from Russia, where both the prices are lower and the quality of services is better.

The price for Hajj in Kyrgyzstan was about 3,900 dollars, which is 1,500 dollars lower than the amount determined by the Committee for Religious Affairs, Regulation of National Traditions, Celebrations, and Rituals of Tajikistan. Last year, the price for pilgrimage in Kyrgyzstan was 4,500 dollars.