A Visit To Pulau Seribu Achieves 20,919 People During Christmas And New Year

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - The Class IV Port Authority (KSOP) of the Thousand Islands noted that visits to the Thousand Islands Regency, DKI Jakarta, during the Christmas Sea Transportation 2023 and New Year 2024 periods on 25-31 December 2023 reached 20,919 people.

"For Christmas 2023 welcoming the New Year of 2024, the increase in passenger flow from Jakarta is approximately 80 percent," said Head of KSOP Class IV Thousand Islands Directorate General of Sea Transportation at the Ministry of Transportation Mu'min on Pari Island, Thousand Islands, DKI Jakarta Province, quoted from Antara, Monday 1 January.

The total visit includes Pari Island, Untung Island Java, Kelapa Island, Tidung Island, Pramuka Island and Lancang Island.

In detail, the total number of visits on December 25, 2023 was 3,591 people, December 26, 2023 as many as 2,179 people, December 27, 2023 as many as 1,781 people, December 28, 2023 as many as 1,519 people, December 29, 2023 as many as 1,466 people, December 30, 2023 as many as 4,779 people, and December 31, 2023 as many as 5,604 people.

Meanwhile, the total number of visits in the same period in 2022 (25-31 December) was 5,528 people.

Furthermore, Mu'min revealed several factors in the increase in visits to the Thousand Islands, including friendly weather to each island that has its own tourism advantage.

"Seeing the factors, maybe one of them has an effect. Alhamdulillah, currently one week ago the weather is very good to be friendly. Then there are several tourist spots, either in water or maybe mangrove tourism, educating or providing information that the Thousand Islands is currently very developed for travel visits," he said.

The Ministry of Transportation cq, Director General of Sea Transportation, continues to make efforts to ensure that the implementation of Christmas 2023 and New Year's Transportation in 2024 is safe, orderly, comfortable and secure.

The Director General of Sea Transportation also gave Instruction Number: IR-DJPL 6 of 2023 concerning the Implementation of Sea Transportation for Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024 to each unit related to the implementation of Christmas Sea Transportation 2023 and New Year 2024.

Responding to the instruction, KSOP Class IV of the Thousand Islands based on the Decree of the Head of the Office Number: KP.004 / 25 / 17 / KSOP.KS-2023 formed the Post for the Implementation of Christmas Sea Transportation in 2023 and the new year in 2024 in the Office of Harbormaster and Port Authority Class IV of the Thousand Islands.

The implementation of the Nataru Sea Transportation Implementation Post 2023 - 2024 KSOP Class IV Thousand Islands starting from 18 December 2023 after the opening of the 2023 Christmas Sea Transportation Implementation Center Post and the new year 2024 at the Nusantara Passenger Terminal, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta and finished until January 8, 2024.

For the Post for the Implementation of Sea Transportation for Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024 in the Class IV KSOP area, the Thousand Islands has six posts, namely the Kalijapat Command Post, Untung Island Command Post, Pramuka Island Command Post, Tidung Island Command Post, Pari Island Command Post and Kelapa Island Command Post and Hope.