Eid 2024 Estimated Mobilization of 194 Million People

Around 194 million people are estimated to travel for Eid 2024. The majority are heading to Central Java.

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI. The original article can be found in Lebaran 2024 Diperkirakan Mobilisasi 194 Juta Orang

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Prospective passengers enter the economy class waiting room at the Bandar Deli Passenger Terminal, Belawan Port, Medan, North Sumatra, on Tuesday (27/2/2024). About 193.6 million people or 70 percent of the Indonesian population will travel during the 2024 Eid al-Fitr holiday.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Lebaran 2024 and the accompanying long holiday are expected to mobilize 193.6 million people or around 70 percent of Indonesia's population. More than half of them traveled because they wanted to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in their hometown.

This is the potential for population movement during the Eid period as a result of a survey by the Transport Policy Agency of the Ministry of Transportation. The online survey was conducted on 48,372 respondents in 38 provinces.

The survey entitled "Potential for Eid Transport Movements in 2024" is intended to map the potential for Eid 2024 movements and the profile of travelers. Surveys are also used to map travel patterns, including homecoming and destination homecoming, choice of mode, days of departure and return, and routes used.

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The results of a survey were presented by the Ministry of Transportation at an online press conference on Sunday (17/3/2024). The press conference also involved several other stakeholders, such as the Indonesian National Police.

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Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi explained the potential of community movement during Eid al-Fitr in 2024 in a virtual press conference on Sunday (March 17, 2024). This year, there is a tendency for an increase in community interest to go on a homecoming trip compared to 2023 by 45.8 percent or 123.8 million people.

Referring to the presentation material by the Ministry of Transportation, 71.7 percent of respondents admitted to going on a homecoming trip during Lebaran in 2024. If projected, the potential movement of the public during the annual event is estimated to reach 193.6 million people.

The criteria for movement are limited to intercity travel within a province and interprovincial travel. Communities who only move within a city or district are not classified as migrants.

The long holiday accompanied by the celebration of Lebaran in 2024 is estimated to mobilize 193.6 million people, or about 70 percent of the population of Indonesia.

The potential population mobility during Eid 2024 is the largest since the Covid-19 pandemic. In the 2022 Eid survey, 31.6 percent of respondents said they would travel, representing 85.5 million people. In the 2023 Eid survey, 45.8 percent of respondents representing 123.8 million people said they would travel.

Eid al-Fitr in 2024 will fall on the 10th and 11th of April. In line with that, the government has designated jointly taken leave on the 8th, 9th, 12th, and 15th of April. Meanwhile, schoolchildren will have a holiday from April 4th to April 16th.

A total of 52 respondents stated that they traveled to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in their hometown. 35.2 percent continued the tradition of visiting parents and relatives in the village. Meanwhile, 10.6 percent of respondents wanted to take advantage of the Eid al-Fitr holiday to visit tourist locations.

The largest number of homecomers comes from regions in Java Island, with 59.54 percent of respondents. The majority of them come from East Java (16.17 percent, representing 31.3 million people). The following group of homecomers come from Jabodetabek (14.68 percent, representing 28.43 million people) and Central Java (13.48 percent, representing 26.11 million people).

Migrants from West Java (excluding Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi) reached 11.77 percent, representing 22.79 million people. The rest came from North Sumatra, accounting for 5.51 percent and representing 10.67 million people.

The majority of the destinations for the homecoming trip are in Java Island. The proportion reaches 80.2% of respondents. Central Java is the most popular destination, which is 31.81% representing 61.6 million people.

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Next is East Java with 19.44 percent representing 37.6 million people, West Java with 16.59 percent representing 32.1 million people, Yogyakarta Special Region with 6.06 percent representing 11.7 million people, and DKI Jakarta with 3.35 percent representing 6.4 million people.