JAKARTA – Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Affairs (HDCA) Muhadjir Effendy predicts that around 107 million people will travel during the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year holidays.
To deal with this, the government has prepared various schemes so that the flow of people’s journeys remains safe and smooth.
Preparations are being made for land, sea, and air transport.
“The government has anticipated it by preparing several measures, including land transport arrangements. And we hope that the handling of land traffic will be much better than last year’s holidays,” Muhadjir said in a press statement after the Ministerial Meeting on Preparations for Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024, at the Office of the Coordinating Ministry for HDCA, Jakarta, Monday (11/12).
The peak of the Christmas holiday homecoming flow is predicted to occur on 22 to 23 December 2023.
Meanwhile, the return flow is predicted to occur on 26 to 27 December 2023.
Based on data from the Ministry of Transportation, around 107.63 million people will travel during the upcoming Christmas-New Year holiday.
Coordinating Minister for HDCA then proceeds to embrace various parties related to technical matters related to transportation
The Ministerial Meeting also invited Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Abdullah Azwar Anas, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziah, and Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno.
Other than the ministers, the meeting was also attended by officials from the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS); the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB); Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps; PT Angkasa Pura; and PT Angkutan Sungai, Danau dan Penyeberangan Indonesia Ferry.
Online purchase of transport tickets is said to be expanded. Train, plane, and ship schedules will also be adjusted and supplemented.
“Rest area services on toll roads will also be improved. Then, the addition of flight schedules, adjustments to passenger ship schedules, and train journeys will also be adjusted,” said Muhadjir.
Meanwhile, Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Abdullah Azwar Anas revealed that his staff ensures the continuity of governance and service delivery.
Currently, there is no applicable policy on traveling restrictions for state civil apparatus (ASN).
The granting of annual leave is carried out by considering the workload, nature and characteristics of tasks, and the number of employees of each government agency.
“All government agencies need to continue monitoring and supervising the fulfillment and achievement of employee performance goals and targets,” said Minister Anas.
