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Hong Kong is at No.4, with 20.5 international arrivals and 19% growth, and the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia was at No.5, with 19.3 million visitors and 20% growth.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Most of the region’s earliest cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, were traced to the holy city of Qom in Iran, whose renowned Shiite seminaries and Sayyida Fatimah al-Masumah shrine draw aspiring clerics and devout pilgrims from across the Shiite world.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2020
In Monkey Hill, an heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indian holy city.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
From Meknes, a day in Volubilis and a visit to the most holy city in the country, Moulay Idriss, are highly encouraged.
—Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Most of the region’s earliest cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, were traced to the holy city of Qom in Iran, whose renowned Shiite seminaries and Sayyida Fatimah al-Masumah shrine draw aspiring clerics and devout pilgrims from across the Shiite world.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2020
In Monkey Hill, an heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indian holy city.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
From Meknes, a day in Volubilis and a visit to the most holy city in the country, Moulay Idriss, are highly encouraged.
—Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Holy city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy%20city. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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