The Community's Most Elected Private Car For Mobilization In Nataru

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) revealed that private vehicles, especially four-wheelers, are the choice of the community to travel during the 2025 Christmas and 2026 New Year (Nataru) holidays.

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi said that based on a survey conducted by the Transportation Policy Agency of the Ministry of Transportation, 51.12 million people would travel by private car.

"The largest choice of mode of transportation is a private car of 42.78 percent or around 51.12 million," he said at a media briefing, in Jakarta, Friday, December 5.

In addition to cars, said Dudy, two-wheeled vehicles are also the most chosen by the public to mobilize on the Nataru holiday. Furthermore, the bus occupies the third position of the most chosen vehicle.

"Furthermore, followed by 18.41 percent of motorcycles. Then use an 8.17 percent bus. Rental cars, travel cars, planes by 3.57 percent or 4.27 million, long-distance trains 3.29 percent or 3.94 million. Then, ferry boats 3.14 percent or 3.75 million and ships 2.20 percent or about 2.62 million," said Dudy.

Dudy revealed that private vehicles, both four-wheeled and two-wheeled, dominated the Nataru transportation period. He said this was because land transportation routes, especially in Java, were quite good.

"So there are quite a lot of toll roads available, so many of our people then choose to use private vehicles," he said.

In addition, according to Dudy, the use of private vehicles, both cars and motorbikes, has also been chosen by the public to facilitate mobility at their destination.

People prefer to bring motorized vehicles so that it is easy to mobilize at their destination. So if they want to travel to tourist attractions, they prefer to use their own vehicles," said Dudy.

According to Dudy, the difficulty of public transportation at tourist destinations is also the reason people choose to use private vehicles.

"As we all know, maybe during holidays it is public and at destinations it is rather difficult to limit, so they choose to use private vehicles," he said.

Previously, the Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi revealed that 119.5 million people were predicted to travel, both outside and within the province, during the 2025 Christmas and 2026 New Year (Nataru) holidays.

Dudy said, the prediction was based on a survey conducted by the Transportation Policy Agency of the Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with BPS, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, and Academics.

"According to a survey of 42.01 percent of Indonesia's population or around 119.5 million people have the potential to travel, during the Christmas and New Year 2025/2026 holiday," Dudy said at a media briefing in Jakarta, Friday, December 5.

Based on the results of a survey conducted by the Transportation Policy Agency, on December 20, 2025, it is predicted that there will be 11.83 million people. Then, the movement sloped and rose again on D-1 Christmas or December 24, 2025, with an estimated movement of 17.18 million people.

"The peak occurred in two days. The first was on December 20. Another was at the second peak on December 24," said Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi at a media briefing, in Jakarta, Friday, December 5.