Number of ship passengers up<\/p>\n
The head of Tanjung Priok harbor passenger terminal, Tukiman,
\nsaid here yesterday that he expects an increase in the number of
\ntravelers passing through the harbor in the coming weeks due to
\nthe start of the school holidays.<\/p>\n
He said large numbers of people have gone through the terminal
\nthis past week.<\/p>\n
\"In the past three days alone about 5,734 people have arrived
\nthrough Tanjung Priok while the number of people leaving has
\nreached 3,927,\" said Tukiman, adding that this signified that
\nmore people are spending their holidays in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
As reported by Antara, Tukiman expects the peak of the holiday
\nseason travel to occur in the first week of July.<\/p>\n
The number of seasonal travelers leaving and departing through
\nTanjung Priok harbor has traditionally jumped during the holiday
\nseason to numbers equaling or even surpassing those during the
\nIslamic Idul Fitri holidays.<\/p>\n
Tukiman revealed that for the past two years the peak travel
\nseason has been July and August with some 80,000 people commuting
\nin a single month. (mds)<\/p>",
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