Tens Of Thousands Of People Cross To Nusa Penida During Eid

The atmosphere at Sanur Port during the momentum of Lebaran 2024, Denpasar, Friday (12/4/2024). BETWEEN/Ni Putu Putri Muliantari

DENPASAR - Head of Benoa Class II KSOP Office Captain Herbert EP Marpaung said that during the 10 days of the momentum of the 2024 Eid transportation post, 98,309 passengers had crossed the land separately from Klungkung through the Sanur Port.

"From the first day of the Lebaran transportation post, it was recorded that the passengers we departed from Sanur Port were 98,309 people, the goal was to be dominated by 70 percent to Nusa Penida, the rest Nusa Lembongan and Gili Trawangan," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, April 12.

Herbert said this figure jumped compared to normal days with an average of 3,000 passengers a day, while the current condition exceeds an average of 6,000 passengers a day.

According to him, the surge in passengers crossing to the mainland of Nusa Penida was influenced by the Eid al-Fitr 2024 long holiday, this condition was strengthened by the percentage of domestic tourists using fast boats which reached 70 percent of the total 98 thousand.

This spike also occurred during the previous Lebaran period, but this year the number of Sanur Port service users increased by 7.17 percent from last year's number of 91,735 people.

During this Eid 2024 momentum, the highest number of passengers occurred on Eid al-Fitr, namely last Wednesday (10/4) with 7,689 passengers in a day.

The head of KSOP Benoa said their prediction was missed, where they initially thought the most populous passenger to be served was on the second day of Eid.

"It shifted for a day, the prediction was yesterday's peak, yesterday there was a slight decrease of 7,369 passengers, today until noon there were 5,769 passengers but this figure moved until this afternoon the last departure," he said.

Despite the surge of up to twice the usual day, Herbert admitted that all facilities and transportation at the port were ready, such as the availability of 53 units of fast boats and 10 units of reserves.

On average, one ship can carry 80 passengers, with a total movement of all ships in one day of 90-100 trips.

The fast boat, which costs IDR 75,000-IDR 100,000, operates from 6.30 WITA to 17.00 WITA, with the tightest departure time at 7.30-9.30 WITA.

One of the domestic tourists from Surabaya named Agustina (30) admitted that he deliberately took advantage of the momentum of Eid 2024 to vacation on the Island of the Gods.

"Because we don't have a village for homecoming, we just have a vacation, we are in Nusa Penida for two days because we have previously been to Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan," he told the media.

According to him, the cost of traveling to Nusa Penida through Sanur Port is not too draining, besides that in the area they can enjoy the beach as well as spot photos so that they can take full advantage of the momentum of the holiday.