4.4 Million People Are Estimated To Leave North Sumatra During Eid Homecoming

The North Sumatra Provincial Transportation Service (Dishub) estimates that there will be around 4.4 million travelers leaving North Sumatra, as for travelers from outside entering this province around 2.3 million people.

Head of the North Sumatra Provincial Transportation Service (Dishub), Agustinus, said the potential movement of travelers nationally was 123.8 million.

"North Sumatra is ranked fifth in the area of homecoming origin, the most after East Java, Central Java, Jabodetabek, and West Java," he said, in Medan, Friday.

In addition to the Lebaran 2023 homecoming trip between these provinces, Agustinus also revealed that the North Sumatra Transportation Agency also carried out calculations for travelers between districts/cities in the province of North Sumatra.

"That was also what happened earlier, coupled with internal movements around regencies/cities in North Sumatra," he said, quoted from ANTARA, Friday, April 7.

Agustinus revealed that the homecoming flow took place from 17 to 21 April 2023 and the peak of homecoming flow on 20-21 April 2023.

The first backflow, April 24 to 26, 2023 and the second backflow, April 29 to May 2, 2023.

That way, Agustinus said that his party is also preparing transportation services that will be used by travelers, such as buses, trains, planes and ships as travel modes.

"We make sure that the capacity of transportation is still adequate with what is available. Both rail road transportation, sea and air transportation crossings," he said.

Based on a survey of the potential movement of travelers for Lebaran 2023, Agustinus explained that many travelers use transportation, such as private cars 22.07 percent, motorbikes 20.30 percent, buses 18.39 percent, trains 11.09 percent and rental cars 7.7 percent.