REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Operation Director of Al Bilad, HM Slamet Riyanto, said his travel company covered umrah plus religious vacation like travelling to Turkey, Cairo, Istanbul, Europe, and Palestine.
According to Slamet the visa application for umrah included Palestine is not difficult because it is only for vacation not for other reasons.
"Before departure, the visa usually has already been available two weeks before leaving," Slamet said.
Furthermore, the travel officers always bring the passport to avoid unwanted things like tourist gone missing while travelling.
He is usually got booked for umrah included travelling to Al Aqsa as many as one bus. ''We usually perform umrah first and then visit Aqsa,'' Slamet said on Wednesday.
According to Slamet, the main problem for religious travelling in non Muslim countries is the unavailabity of halal food like in Europe. It is different than in Palestine that all the food is halal.