(12/24/2017)
As Indonesia entered the school holiday period on Monday, December 18, 2017, the flow of domestic tourists traveling by land and ferry crossing from Java to Bali began an upward surge. From Monday, December 18th until Thursday, Decemebr 21st some 20,000 ferry passengers were counted traveling daily from Ketapang in East Java to the West Bali Port of Gilimanuk.
As reported by NusaBali, on Monday, December 18, 2017, considered the first day of the Christmas and New Years holidays, saw 24,990 passengers traveling on 2,004 motorcycles and 3,565 four-wheeled vehicles travel to Bali.
On the following day of Tuesday, December 19, 2017 a total of 23,485 passengers made the sea passage using 1,628 motorcycles and 3,843 four-wheeled vehicles
Then, on Wednesday, December 20th, officials say 21,802 passengers traveled from Java to Bali, increasing to 22,591 on Thursday, December 21, 2017.
Over the first four days of the official holiday period a total of 92,868 passengers traveled by sea from East Java to Bali.
When compared to the first four days of the 2016 Christmas and New Year’s holdays, the total number of passengers traveling from Java to Bali has declined 22% in 2017.
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