JAKARTA (AP) – Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festival with family.
The Transportation Ministry expects the largest movement of people in Indonesia’s history.
The agency is projecting the number of travellers heading home could reach 193 million, or nearly 72 per cent of the population – up from 124 million, or 46 per cent, last year.
Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. And every year, there is a vast exodus of people from urban centres across the vast archipelago to more rural hometowns to celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan.
In the capital, Jakarta, thousands of people have filled bus and train stations every day over the past week. More than 1.1 million people are expected to depart the greater Jakarta area to return to hometowns.
