"Passenger data on Sunday or D-Day minus two was dominated by passengers on vehicles," Inland Waterway Transportation Service PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Operation Manager for Merak port, Zalis Anas said here on Monday.
He said that based on recapitulation data, the 93,832 holiday travelers and vehicles, transported by ferry ships from 8 on Sunday morning until 8 on Monday morning, was made up of 276 on speed boats, 6,315 pedestrian passengers, and 77,241 passengers on vehicles.
Zalis added that a total of 19,411 vehicles, divided into 9,743 two-wheel vehicles, 8,698 private cars and small vehicles, 592 buses and 378 trucks.
Meanwhile, PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry director of the port business Prasetyo B Utomo explained that the increasing number in the flow of holiday travelers through Merak port was beyond the prediction of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry.
"As of D-Day minus two, the surge of passengers still occurs but the number is not the same as that on Saturday and Friday or D-Day minus three and four when there was a long line of vehicles outside Merak port along Merak toll road," Prasetyo said.
Meanwhile, it was reported from Bakauheni that on Monday morning the ferry port in Lampung was still packed with incoming home-bound Lebaran holiday travelers from Merak.
While on Sunday, a multitude of travelers were seen spending the night at Bakauheni port before proceeding to the main terminal of Rajabasa in Bandarlampung.
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