Number of ship passengers up

Number of ship passengers up

The head of Tanjung Priok harbor passenger terminal, Tukiman,
said here yesterday that he expects an increase in the number of
travelers passing through the harbor in the coming weeks due to
the start of the school holidays.

He said large numbers of people have gone through the terminal
this past week.

"In the past three days alone about 5,734 people have arrived
through Tanjung Priok while the number of people leaving has
reached 3,927," said Tukiman, adding that this signified that
more people are spending their holidays in Jakarta.

As reported by Antara, Tukiman expects the peak of the holiday
season travel to occur in the first week of July.

The number of seasonal travelers leaving and departing through
Tanjung Priok harbor has traditionally jumped during the holiday
season to numbers equaling or even surpassing those during the
Islamic Idul Fitri holidays.

Tukiman revealed that for the past two years the peak travel
season has been July and August with some 80,000 people commuting
in a single month. (mds)