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Govt gears up for year-end vacation travel season
A survey from the Transportation Ministry recently revealed that 107 million people, 40 percent of the country's population, are expected to hit the road for the Christmas and New Year holiday season.
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Passengers wait for an intercity train at Pasar Senen railway station in Central Jakarta on Dec. 6, 2023. State-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) has added 84 train trips for the Christmas and New Year holidays between Dec. 21, 2023 and Jan. 7, 2024. (Antara/Cahya Sari)
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he government is preparing to face an influx of travelers during the Christmas and New Year holiday as millions of people are expected to jampack the roads and cities across Indonesia through to the end of the year.
According to a recent survey by the Transportation Ministry, 107 million people, or 40 percent of the country’s population, were planning to travel during the Christmas and New Year holiday.
The number is twice last year’s figure, although it has yet to reach the same level as before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati.
Around 40 million are planning to travel by car, while 20 million others will use motorbikes, according to the survey.
“The rest will take various modes of public transportation, such as trains, planes and ships,” Adita said in a press briefing on Monday.
The government had readied more than 45,000 buses, 1,500 ships and 1,700 trains to accommodate the year-end surge of travelers.
Around 45 percent of the total travelers were expected to visit popular tourist destinations in several regions, such as Yogyakarta, Bandung in West Java and Denpasar in Bali.
