place,country,figure,period,metric,src,slug
Prayagraj (Maha Kumbh Mela),India,660 M visits,"45 days, Jan-Feb 2025","cumulative bathing visits, NOT unique visitors - official UP government claim, widely questioned",Uttar Pradesh government (contested),
Karbala (Arbaeen),Iraq,21.5 M pilgrims,days around Arbaeen 2024,pilgrims counted by shrine authority,Imam Hussein Shrine authority,
Mecca,Saudi Arabia,18.5 M foreign pilgrims,full year 2024,foreign Umrah (16.92 M) + foreign Hajj (1.61 M),GASTAT,mecca
Medina,Saudi Arabia,14.1 M visitors,full year 2024,visitors to the city (GASTAT quarterly series: about two-thirds from abroad),GASTAT / press,medina
Mecca (Hajj week),Saudi Arabia,1.83 M pilgrims,"~1 week, June 2024",total Hajj pilgrims (88% from abroad),GASTAT,mecca