Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy received a report on the performance of the tourist companies and tourist guides in July.

The report showed that number of licenses issued for new branches of tourist companies reached 19 in July.

Also, 18 companies had submitted their budgets and are being revised in the same month. Decisions were issued to shut down four unlicensed branches.

The number of Umrah pilgrims who left during the season until the end of July hit 1.064 million, the report added.