Jakarta newcomer arrivals down 21 percent
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 10/05/2009 2:14 PM
The number of newcomers coming to Jakarta after the Idul Fitri holidays
dropped by 21 percent to 69,000 from 88,473 last year, a city government
official said Monday.
Edison Sianturi, a senior official at the city administration, said the data
were obtained from 29 locations such as bus terminals, railway stations and
airports.
He said 3.064 million people traveled from Jakarta
to their hometowns during the Idul Fitri holidays, while the number of those
who came back to Jakarta
after the holidays hit 3.1 million.
"We will carry out an operation soon to check newcomers’ identities,"
he said.
