Indonesia Gears Up For Years Vacation Travel Season

Indonesia is bracing for a surge of holiday travellers, with an estimated 110 million people expected to travel between Christmas and New Year. The Authorities are also implementing contraflow traffic and cargo truck bans to mitigate congestion. Security glows are deployed at key locations to ensure safety during the festive season.

 Indonesia is preparing to face an influx of travellers during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Millions of people are expected to jam the roads and cities across the Southeast Asian archipelago. According to a recent survey by the country's transportation ministry, around 110 million people, or about 43 percent of the country's population, plan to travel during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

The figure is higher than the number of travellers during the same period last year.

According to the ministry's estimation, some 45 per cent of the figure travels for tourism, while around 32 per cent travel to celebrate Christmas and New Year with families in their hometowns. The ministry also mentioned that outbound Christmas traffic is expected to peak on December 21, while outbound traffic for the New Year is projected to peak on December 28.

Authorities have ensured that transportation facilities and infrastructure are ready to serve the mobility of holidaymakers during the holiday period, Xinghua news agency reported. "We hope that all the facilities and infrastructure prepared can help and serve the people on their trips. We also call on travellers to be cautious of weather conditions," Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said recently.

The ministry has prepared measures to prevent traffic congestion, particularly in regions expected to see increasing numbers of travellers, such as imposing contraflow traffic schemes with the police on several toll roads. A travel ban for cargo trucks on national and toll roads will also be enforced on some days of the holiday.

However, it would not apply to trucks carrying food, fuel, and other essential items. Furthermore, security preparations for the year-end holidays are now in full swing, with police and military personnel already set up in various locations such as airports, seaports, and shopping malls, the country's National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo told reporters recently. During Christmas, the police will safeguard churches across the country.

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