JAKARTA - The government is preparing a stimulus in the form of discounted transportation fares and a Free Eid program in 2026. This policy is certain to be part of the country's efforts to ease the burden of people's travel costs while managing the homecoming flow so that it is more even and under control.
Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi said that various steps had been prepared by the government to ensure that the Lebaran transportation was safe and smooth, ranging from regulations to economic stimulus.
"Several things that we have prepared related to the implementation of this Lebaran transportation include the preparation of a joint resolution letter or a joint decision letter related to the Lebaran transportation arrangement 2026," said Dudy at the 2026 HKBN Idul Fitri Economic Stimulus Press Conference at Gambir Station, Jakarta, Tuesday, February 10.
Dudy said the Ministry of Transportation had also coordinated with the National Police Traffic Directorate and the Directorate General of Road Construction PU for the arrangement of Lebaran 2026 transportation. Including also related to Work From Anywhere and stimulus.
In addition to the tariff stimulus, continued Dudy, the Ministry of Transportation also held the Free Homecoming program again. For land transportation, 401 units of buses with 34 destination cities in nine provinces have been prepared.
Meanwhile, in maritime transportation, the government provides quotas for 50,000 economy class passengers, as well as 28,182 passengers for train lines on the North, Central, and South Java Islands. In line with this program, the Ministry of Transportation has also tightened safety aspects through the legality of transportation facilities and infrastructure in all modes.
"We also conduct ramp checks or legality tests on the preparation of infrastructure related to land, sea, air, and rail modes of transportation. Also road facilities, both toll roads and national arterial roads. We coordinate this with the Ministry of Public Works so that the public can cross safely and comfortably," said Dudy.
Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto explained in detail the stimulus for discounted transportation tariffs prepared by the government on Lebaran 2026. In the aviation sector, the government provides a discount of 17-18 percent for domestic economy class airfare for the period of 14-29 March 2026, with a target of 3.3 million passengers.
In maritime transportation, a discount on port services for cross-over transportation is given up to 100 percent in the period of 12-31 March 2026, with a target of 945,000 vehicles and 2.4 million passengers. Meanwhile, for passenger ships, a discount of 30 percent of the basic tariff is valid from March 11 to April 5, 2026, with a target of 445,000 passengers.
As for the railway mode, the government provides a 30 percent discount on fares during the period of 14-29 March 2026, with a target of 1.2 million passengers.
"This year, in the context of national holidays, the government provides economic stimulus in the form of transportation discounts. The total budget is IDR 911.16 billion from the state budget and non-state budget," said Airlangga.
To support the smooth mobility of the community, the government also provides flexibility in determining working days through the Work From Anywhere policy for ASN and private sector workers on March 16, 17, 25, 26, and 27.
Airlangga added that similar policies in the previous period had proven to encourage people's movement and tourism activities which had a positive impact on national economic growth.
"The increase in mobility in the 2025 Eid al-Fitr period is that the mobility of the community reaches 154.62 million people and the Nataru holiday is 110.43 million people. Year on year in 2025, economic growth reached 5.11 percent, and in December, foreign tourists visited 1.41 million and 105.98 million domestic tourists," he said.
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