Minister Of Transportation Predicts 79 Million People Will Go Home For Eid In 2022

JAKARTA - The Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, predicts that as many as 79 million people will go home for Eid in 2022 with the most destinations in Central Java, East Java and West Java.

"The Ministry of Transportation's Balitbang conducted a survey in anticipation of the Lebaran holiday and the number is very high, approximately 79 million who want to go home. Of course this is understandable that after the last two years there have been travel restrictions, many want to go home for Eid," said Budi Karya as quoted by Antara. , Thursday, March 31.

The Minister of Transportation said that several homecoming destinations that have very high public interest are Central Java, East Java, and West Java.

The Minister of Transportation, the high public interest in going home for Lebaran, must be accompanied by preparing facilities and infrastructure, and most importantly paying attention to safety both during travel and from the risk of COVID-19.

The Ministry of Transportation will ensure that the fleet of all modes of transportation are in good condition to travel.

"I ask the directors general to check for buses, ships, planes, trains to do a ramp check," said Budi Karya.

In addition, the Ministry of Transportation will also require health checks for drivers of transportation modes, namely pilots, skippers, machinists, and bus drivers. The Ministry of Transportation will prepare health check facilities at airports, terminals, stations and so on.

"We will also instruct operators of transportation infrastructure and facilities to continue to ensure health protocols and that must be a reference that we must do," said Budi Karya.

The COVID-19 Handling Task Force enforces domestic travel regulations at the time of Lebaran 2022 homecoming with conditions. That is to require 3 x 24 hour PCR tests for people who take the first dose of vaccine, 1 x 24 hour antigen or 3 x 24 hour PCR for people who have received the second dose of vaccine, and without testing for travelers who have done booster vaccines.