InJourney Sets Passenger Movement Target Up 27 Percent During Christmas And New Year Holidays

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JAKARTA - PT Aviasi Wisata Indonesia (Persero) or InJourney targets an increase in the number of passengers by 27 percent at airports managed by Angkasa Pura I and II during the 2023 Christmas and New Year 2024 (Nataru) holidays.

InJourney's Director of Marketing and Tourism Program, Maya Watono, said that during Eid Al-Fitr 2023, passenger movement traffic at airports increased by 23 percent. Reflecting on this acquisition, the target set for the Nataru holiday is 27 percent.

"We hope that there will be more than the target that we set, 27 percent year on year," Maya said at a press conference welcoming Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024 (Nataru) InJourney, in Jakarta, written Thursday, December 14.

In detail, InJourney targets the number of passengers at airports managed by Angkasa Pura I (AP I) to increase by 25 percent or 3.6 million passengers during the Nataru transportation period.

AP I will also add 29,000 extra flights in the Nataru 2024 period. This figure increased 19 percent compared to last year. The Nataru force period set by AP I is from Monday, December 18, 2023 to January 4, 2024.

Meanwhile, airports under the management of AP II are estimated to increase by 8 percent or 4 million passengers during the Nataru transportation period. AP II also increased the extra flight by 30,000 in the Nataru period.

Meanwhile, in terms of accommodation, InJourney targets occupancy or occupancy in hotels managed by PT Hotel Indonesia Natour (HIN) to reach 77 percent on D+1 Christmas or 26 December 2023, and 78 percent on D+1 New Year or 1 January 2024.

As for The Nusa Dua tourist area managed by the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), it is targeted that the number of visitors will reach 89,000. Meanwhile, Mandalika is targeted to reach 10,000 tourists in the period 15 December 2023 to 5 January 2024.

Furthermore, InJourney also targets the number of visitors in Borobudur managed by PT Taman Wisata Candi (TWC) to reach 242,000 in the period 23 December 2023 to 1 January 2024. Meanwhile, at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) it is targeted to reach 315,000 visitors in the period 20 December 2023 to 2 January 2024.

"Now we also want to calculate overall for Indonesian tourism because we really know that we are starting to realize tourism, especially in Indonesia. This is an economic sector that is not playing games," he said.

Maya said to achieve this target, InJourney through its subsidiaries held various interesting events and attractions. One of them, the Suara Prambanan concert at Prambanan Temple which was held by TWC on December 31, 2023.

Then, continued Maya, there is also a music concert for those who do not travel outside Jakarta. Where InJourney will hold a music concert for 12 days at TMII which will be held from December 20, 2023 until January 2, 2024.

Not only in Java and DKI Jakarta, Maya said similar events were also held in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). One of them, the Mandalika Seru Festival which presented Geisha at Kuta Mandalika Beach on December 31, 2023.

"Indeed, we must encourage various aspects so that the destination becomes a quality tourism distillation," said Maya.