KALIPURO – Ketapang ASDP Port conditions until H+1 Christmas or H-4 New Years 2017 still looks deserted. The number of users of sea transportation services is usually increasing, it looks like an ordinary day. Based on Christmas freight production data 2016 and New Years 2017 issued by ASDP Ketapang, reduction of passengers reached 7 percent be 33.209 people from last year 35.784 person.
Likewise from the declining ship trips 3 percent to 265 trips from 272 trips in year 2015. The number of ships operating yesterday was recorded only 30 unit, down 14 percent from the previous year which reached 36 unit. Decrease in passengers, according to ASDP Ketapang Business Manager Ardhi Ekapati, was not predictable beforehand.
Because, trend in previous years, tourists will flock to Bali until one week before the new year. "Yesterday's date 23 we predict a lot, but it turned out to be quiet. There is no accumulation of passengers at all,said Ardi.
The increase for ship transportation users that day was only for four-wheeled vehicles. That's only approx 2 percent, from the previous year which amounted to 4.985 Becomes 5.069 unit. "We are looking at many factors. Apart from the global economic downturn, The weather also affects the decline in tourist interest in Bali. Maybe they prefer to stay at home rather than having to go out of town," he said.
Ardi added, of the hundreds of thousands of ship passengers who have crossed to Bali, the majority were filled from residents of Surabaya and Jogjakarta. Rata- on average they go with the aim of doing a study tour or study tour. "We observe from the average manifest data from Surabaya and Jogja. Until now I can not predict the increase in the number of passengers, but let's look at the date 29 later,” he added.
Monitoring of Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi in the field, the number of vehicles crossing from Bali to Ketapang is not too much. The number is inversely proportional to the number of vehicles going to Bali. Although not too dense, but long queues were still visible from four-wheeled vehicles and buses.
Based on data released by ASDP Ketapang, Gilimanuk Port has also experienced a decrease in the number of passengers arriving 2 percent on that day. The number of passengers crossing was also significantly lower, ie approx 27.606 person. Difference 5.603 passengers from the number of those crossing from Ketapang Port, that is 33.209 passenger. (radar)
