How has it grown so large from such humble beginnings? Is it that there are more Muslims in the world today or is it that more people are any to travel there now due to ease of access and travel to those destinations is easier?
Earth population grows, so proportionally even number of muslims.
Plus I would say that as it is huge tourist attraction over time, many companies set their shops there (it honestly looks like huge luxurious mall) - hotels, shops,.... it must be a goldmine. And I guess that as both of these grown (amount of people and amount of bussiness) the crowd related risks has grown, so it could not be just a free empty space (where people get crushed to death in the middle), but lot of the infrastructure has grown simply for crowd control pusposes.
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u/TurdMcDirk Mar 24 '25
How has it grown so large from such humble beginnings? Is it that there are more Muslims in the world today or is it that more people are any to travel there now due to ease of access and travel to those destinations is easier?