Even Mecca Getting Hit by Recession

Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 07.09.09 | 10:59 AM ET

Bookings from pilgrims are “way down” in the Muslim holy city, according to Reuters. Local hoteliers also blame the swine flu panic alongside the global economic crisis.

Tags: Islam, Spiritual Travel, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, News and Briefs

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.

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