Thursday, Mar 22, 2007
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--A delay to Saudi Arabia's Umrah religious festival has cost the two holy cities of Medina and Mecca some 3 billion Saudi Arabian riyals, or $800 million, in tourism-related revenue in just a month, Riyadh-based daily Al Eqtisadiah reported Thursday, citing economic sources.
Newspaper Web site: http://www.aleqtisadiah.com
-By Beirut Bureau, Zawya Dow Jones; +961-1-985 757; BeirutZDJ@zawya.com
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