From the 1,000 Hajj quotas allocated to the Maldives by the Saudi Arabian government this year, 870 have been distributed among the state-run Maldives Hajj Corporation and three other private Hajj groups.
According to the Managing Director of Maldives Hajj Corporation Ismail Hameed, the group received 600 quotas from the ministry. He also added that all the quotas for the general public have already been fully allocated.