Garuda Indonesia Targets 15 Thousand Visitors And Transactions Of IDR 100 Billion At The 2023 GUTF Event

Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330-200 PK-GPI aircraft ahead of the landing at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA National airline PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (GIAA) collaborated with PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk. (BRIS) held the Garuda Indonesia Umrah Travel Fair (GUTF) 2023 at Main Atrium Kota Kasablanka Mall, South Jakarta.

Meanwhile, the implementation of the 2023 GUTF which took place on 8-10 December 2023 is the first time that at this event Garuda Indonesia and BSI collaborated with 15 special Umrah and Hajj agents in preparing offers for Umrah travel packages at special prices and several additional values.

On the other hand, at the 2023 GUTF event, the public can access attractive offers to go to the Holy Land for the travel period until December 2024.

President Director of Garuda Indonesia Irfan Setiaputra explained that the 2023 GUTF event was a form of Garuda Indonesia's support as a national flag carrier in bridging people's needs for air accessibility to the Holy Land.

"We hope that the next GUTF implementation will be able to provide added value for the community to go to the Holy Land by presenting various options for the community to plan as early as possible, especially to carry out worship trips to the Holy Land," explained Irfan in his official statement, Saturday 9 December.

Irfan explained that people's journey to the Holy Land continues to increase. This is also supported by data released from the Indonesian Ministry of Religion, there are 1.5 million pilgrims from Indonesia who perform Umrah in the period June 2022 - June 2023 where this number has increased by 40 percent compared to the period before the pandemic.

Irfan said that the Umrah travel market share is one of the potential markets for Garuda Indonesia considering that Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population in the world.

"Therefore, the implementation of this GUTF is of course also our effort to optimize the momentum of travel growth to go to the Holy Land which we align with various steps to optimize business performance," added Irfan. Garuda Indonesia targets the number of visits to reach 15 thousand visitors with a travel agent transaction target projected to reach Rp100 billion.