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C. Java to see 30% jump in Idul Fitri homebound travelers
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State toll road operator PT Jasa Marga has sped up construction of the Batang-Semarang toll road ahead of this year's Idul Fitri exodus, which will peak on June 23-24. The toll road is 83.59 percent complete. (JP/Suherdjoko)
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ccording to the Central Java administration, the number of homebound travelers entering the province during this year’s Idul Fitri festivities is expected to grow around 30 percent.
“We will see 8.14 million homebound travelers entering Central Java for Idul Fitri in 2017, up by 1.86 million from 6.28 million the previous year,” said Central Java administration regional secretary Sri Puryono in Semarang recently.
The number of travelers riding motorcycles is expected to reach 1.94 million while those traveling in private cars is predicted to reach 4.12 million. Meanwhile, 1.59 million people are expected to travel by bus; 332,225 by train; 118,164 by plane; 30,080 by vessels; and 1,400 by ferry.
“The Idul Fitri holiday travel will peak on June 23 and 24. The high traffic density on those dates will be triggered by quite a long Idul Fitri holiday period this year,” Puryono said.
The Central Java administration is ready to anticipate a jump in homebound travelers entering the province during the upcoming holiday exodus, he said.
Citing data, Puryono said 11,648 buses, 100 planes, 92 trains and 12 vessels would enter Central Java during the exodus.
The Central Java administration, he said, planned to set up 92 integrated posts with a first aid team stationed at each one. “Police and military personnel as well as volunteers from the Indonesian Red Cross, Pramuka [Indonesian Scouts Movement] and other organizations are ready to help,” he said. (ebf)
