Of The 900 Thousand Tickets Prepared, Damri Has Selled 15,398 Tickets Ahead Of Christmas And New Year

Photo: Doc. Antara/Damri

JAKARTA - Damri is recorded to have sold more than 15 thousand tickets for two days from 21 to 22 December 2022, or D-3 for the 2022 Christmas celebration.

"The sale of travel tickets starting from December 21 to 22, 2022 has reached 15,398 thousand long-distance travel tickets, this number will continue to grow considering that Nataru's travel tickets are still available," said Damri Corporate Secretary Akhmad Zulfikri, quoted by Antara, Saturday, December 24.

Fikri said, of the total tickets sold, there were details based on the types of services, including 5,063 travel tickets, 7,067 travel tickets for Executive services, and 3,268 travel tickets for Royal services.

Overall, the total Christmas and New Year tickets provided by Damri during the period 21 December 2022 - 8 January 2023 were more than 900 thousand tickets.

As for the 69,161 trip trips operated by Damri during the Nataru 2022/2023 transportation period, there were recorded routes that were most popular with customers, namely Gambir Tanjung Karang, Bandung Metro, Jakarta Surabaya, Jakarta Malang, and Pontianak Sintang.

Currently, passenger volume is starting to experience a very significant increase, based on ticket sales data recorded that passenger volume departing on December 23 and 24, 2022 is the highest number in the Damri Inter-City Transportation service, with the trans Java route to Surabaya, Malang, and Lampung.

He conveyed, to support and serve the mobility of Nataru 2022/2023 homecoming customers, Damri deployed several intercity transportation routes at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Lampung, Pontianak, Bogor, Palembang, Jakarta, Cilacap, Palangkaraya, Banjarmasin, Purwokerto, Purworejo, Samarinda, Mataram, Denpasar, Makasar, to Malang.

Damri also reminded all customers to pay attention to travel requirements referring to Circular Letter (SE) Number 85 of the Ministry of Transportation in 2022, including: 1. Age 18 years and over: a. Mandatory third vaccine (booster), b. Foreign Citizens (WNA) who come from overseas travel are required to have a second vaccine, c. No/not vaccinated on medical grounds that it is mandatory to show a doctor's certificate from a government hospital.

2. Age 6-17 years: a. Mandatory second vaccine, b. Coming from overseas trips is not mandatory for vaccines, c. No/not vaccinated for medical reasons it is mandatory to show a doctor's certificate from a government hospital.

3. Customers under the age of 6 are not required to be vaccinated and show negative results of Rapid Antigen Test or RT-PCR, but are required with companions who meet travel requirements.

"During the Nataru period, Damri has also prepared posts that are being monitored nationally, including Jabodetabek, Lampung, Palembang, Central Java, and East Java," said Fikri.