DENPASAR - I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, recorded an increase in passengers during the long holiday commemorating the Ascension of Jesus Christ from Thursday (29/5) yesterday and is expected to continue until Sunday (1/6).
"We saw that yesterday's passenger movement had started to rise, there were 68,000 passenger movements, quite significantly compared to the daily average," said PGS General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Wahyudi in Denpasar as reported by ANTARA, Friday, May 31.
During the holiday momentum of the Ascension of Jesus Christ Thursday (29/5) there were 68,098 people traveling through I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, they were 26,560 domestic passengers, namely 15,169 arriving and 11,391 departing, then 41,538 international passengers, consisting of 21,732 passengers arriving and 19,806 departing.
Wahyudi said the number of passengers was higher than the movement of passengers during the first quarter of 2025, which was an average of 60,306 people per day.
"Based on today's flight plan, it is likely that the number will be even higher, it could reach 74 thousand passengers," he said.
I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Manager predicts that the increase in passengers will be influenced by the long holiday to the birth of Pancasila, because every long holiday the trend of passenger movement at the airport always tends to be more crowded.
"Improving passenger traffic during long holidays is common, because Bali is always in demand as a vacation option, especially during long holidays like today," said Wahyudi.
He predicts that during these four days at least 282,110 people or an average of 70,528 passengers per day will crowd I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.
Apart from being based on pocketed passenger data, it also reflects on the long holiday of previous holidays.
As happened during the Vesak holiday in early May, the airport in southern Bali also experienced an increase in passenger movements.
During the long holiday period, from May 9, 2025 to May 13, 2025, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport served 347,819 passengers.
"We assess that apart from the charm of Bali, the high interest of tourists to vacation here is also due to the increasing connectivity of flights and reaching many major cities in Indonesia and the world, making it easier for tourists to access and travel to vacation in Bali," said Wahyudi.
To anticipate overcrowding, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport increased coordination and supervision at service points as long as there was a predicted spike.
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