119.5 Million People Predicted To Travel In Nataru

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi revealed that 119.5 million people are 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 survey, continued Dudy, there was a trend of increasing the potential for national community movement during the Nataru Transport period by 2.71 percent, from 39.30 percent last year to 42.01 percent.

Dudy said the increasing public interest in traveling during the 2025/2026 Nataru period was caused by several factors, one of which was a long holiday. Because, school holidays coincide with the Nataru holiday.

Regarding the selection of transportation modes, Dudy said that the use of private cars was the largest according to survey results, the figure reached 42.78 percent or 51.12 million people.

The next most mode is a motorcycle of 18.41 percent or 22.00 million people, a bus of 8.17 percent or 9.76 million people, a rental car of 7.43 percent or 8.87 million people, a travel car of 6.39 percent or 7.64 million people, "he said.

Meanwhile, continued Dudy, aircraft are predicted to account for 3.57 percent or 4.27 million people. Meanwhile, long-distance trains amounted to 3.29 percent or 3.94 million people.

"The ferry ship is 3.14 percent or 3.75 million people, ships are 2.20 percent or 2.62 million people," he said.