Indonesia raises umrah reference rate to accommodate higher COVID-19 costs
JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs has officially raised the reference rate for umrah by 30% from 20 million rupiah to 26 million rupiah ($1,846), forced by higher pandemic-era costs.
The Indonesian government sets a minimum rate for umrah packages that travel agencies must adhere to.
The decision, set in the MoRA decree Number 777/2020, means that umrah travel agencies must set their prices above the standard tariff of 26 million rupiah. Any agencies that wish to go under that reference rate must inform the Director General of Haj and Umrah, Oman Fathurahman, the ministry’s acting director general of hajj and umrah told Salaam Gateway.
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