Aidilfitri festival's mudik traffic past its peak, says Indonesian govt

Motorists throng a road in Nagreg, West Java, on April 30, 2022, as people head to their hometowns to celebrate Aidilfitri, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. - AFP

JAKARTA, May 1 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The authorities have said that the peak in traffic of millions of homebound Indonesians departing to their hometowns to spend the Idul Fitri holiday with families and relatives, a tradition known as mudik (exodus), has now passed.

The government expected some 85 million people to perform mudik this year – the first time since the pandemic started that travellers have been allowed to do so – with some 23 million cars and 17 million motorcycles forecast to hit the road over the course of the holiday.