Expensive Airline Tickets Ahead of Eid 2024, This is What Tiket.com Says

The translated text is: "Expensive Airplane Ticket Prices Ahead of Eid al-Fitr 2024, This is What Tiket.com Says"

Dream - Airfare prices soar high, especially before Lebaran 2024. Understandably, every year before Lebaran, many people travel back to their hometowns, causing a sharp increase in the number of passengers.

Expensive Airline Tickets Ahead of Eid 2024, This is What Tiket.com Says

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of Tiket.com, Gaery Undarsa, said that the price of airplane tickets, according to him, does indeed depend on the demand or needs in the market.

"If, for example, we talk about ticket prices in general, it really depends on the demand or needs in the market."

ungkap Gaery dalam konferensi pers THR Pol-Polan di kantor Tiket.com, Senin 26 Maret 2023. Gaery revealed in the press conference of THR Pol-Polan at the Tiket.com office, Monday, March 26, 2023.

Approaching the high season like Lebaran, tickets sold by various airlines slowly begin to increase.

"So what happened might be because it's approaching the high season. Approaching Lebaran, people must have planned it months in advance, so maybe they have bought it a long time ago. So the ticket prices slowly start to rise."

"katanya." in English is "he/she said."

As an Online Travel Agent that provides online ticket purchases for various transportation fleets, Gaery added that they have created the Tiket Hari Raya (THR) Pol-Polan program to help lighten the burden of tickets for travelers with various discounts. THR Pol-Polan will take place from today, March 25, until April 3, 2024, offering discounts of up to 45% and extra cashback of up to Rp575,000.

"That's why we feel the timing of this THR Pol-Polan is close to the Eid holiday, from March 25th to April 3rd. That's why we hope that with the existence of this THR Pol-Polan, it can help the community with its price in the form of additional promos, discounts,""

ungkap Gaery.

The Ministry of Transportation previously predicted that there would be an increase in travelers in this year of 2024, which is around 70% compared to the previous year. Where there will be 167.2 million people who will travel to their hometowns from 7 days before until 7 days after Eid al-Fitr in 2024.

The high enthusiasm can be seen from the significant increase in transportation ticket bookings on tiket.com, reaching 60.8% compared to 2023 (year-on-year). Meanwhile, accommodation bookings and tourist attractions or entertainment activities each experienced an increase of 18.4% and 16.5% this year (year-on-year).

From the increase in transportation ticket purchases, train ticket reservations on tiket.com are the most popular. Compared to the Eid holiday period in 2023, train ticket reservations to various routes this year have increased by 60.9%. Some of the most popular destinations include Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Purwokerto, and Cirebon. Tiket.com has also recently added a new mode of transportation, namely ferry boats, which is a strategic partnership with PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry. Following the buses and shuttles launched in the previous year.

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