Pilgrims at the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on April 13, 2017. Paman Aheri/Shutterstock.com

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Indonesia gets first DIY umrah platform, e-commerce giant starts selling pilgrimage packages


JAKARTA – A company has launched Indonesia’s first do-it-yourself digital umrah platform at the same time an e-commerce giant opens its marketplace to pilgrimage packages.

PT Central Global Network has launched DIY umrah platform umra.id and Tokopedia has started selling umrah packages from twenty travel agencies.

Central Global Network has been selling umrah packages offline for the last seven years and developed its platform in response to its growing customer base of educated, independent, and digitally-savvy millennial pilgrims, Ahmad Husaini, its CEO told Salaam Gateway.

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