Prince Khalid al-Faisal, governor of Mecca and head of the pilgrimage committee, announced the success of this Hajj season yesterday at a press conference.
Saudi Arabia started the Hajj pilgrimage in 2017 on Wednesday, and it officially ends on Monday.
More than 2.3 million pilgrims, including 1.8 million foreigners, are estimated to have performed the annual ritual.
Iranians also performed Hajj this season after their country banned them from coming to Saudi Arabia last season as tensions led to severing political and diplomatic ties between the two countries in 2016.
Hajj is the most important ritual in the Islamic faith, and all Muslims are required to perform it at least once in a lifetime, if they are by the means.
The Hajj-related worships will continue until today, 4 September.
Al-Faisal said that Saudi Arabia is focused on
providing the best
services to pilgrims, despite the conflicts and crisis in the region, with regard to the Saudi Vision 2030 to increase the number of pilgrims and Umrah to 30 million.