Cicaheum Terminal Records A 70 Percent Decrease In Passengers Compared To Eid 2019

Cicaheum Terminal in Bandung. (Between)

BANDUNG - Cicaheum Terminal in Bandung has dispatched as many as 3,500 passengers to various areas in West Java and outside the province during April 25-27 2022.

Head of Bandung City Cicaheum Terminal, Roni Hermanto, said that the number of passengers for the same period on D-7 to D-4 Lebaran 2019 was higher than this year. He said the decline in passengers reached 70 percent. "The decline in passengers this year is around 70 percent. In 2019, from D-7 to D-4, we dispatched about 10 thousand passengers. But this year since D-7 until now, we only dispatched about 3,500 passengers," said Roni Hermanto in Bandung, Thursday, April 28. He explained that the number of homecomers at the Cicaheum Terminal in Bandung City during Lebaran 2022 experienced a drastic decrease compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, to be exact in 2019.

According to him, the decrease in the number of passengers at the Cicaheum Terminal is due to the fact that there are still residents who have not received the first, second or booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is because it is still in a pandemic condition, yes. Then there are many people who have not had the vaccine or booster vaccine either, which is a mandatory condition for going home," he said, as reported by Antara. According to him, when compared to normal days, the number of passengers ahead of Lebaran 2022 has indeed increased. On weekdays, Bandung City Cicaheum Terminal sends around 500-600 passengers every day, while on D-7 Lebaran, more than 1,000 passengers depart from the terminal. During the Eid homecoming in 2022, the Bandung City Transportation Service provides fewer bus fleets at Cicaheum Terminal than two years ago. intercity buses between provinces, 66 units between cities within the province, and 01 units of assistance buses," he said.