State-owned ferry operator PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry has launched a mobile e-ticketing service to facilitate passengers when buying ferry tickets during Eid holiday.
“We launch this mobile e-ticketing service to anticipate the surge in the number of vehicles heading to Merak seaport,” said PT. ASDP President Director Danang S on Friday (17/6).
He added that the e-ticketing service is applied at di km 43 and km 68 of the rest area on Tangerang-Merak toll road.
The government also provides the same service during the returning season after Ied Day at Hotel 56 Kalianda, Lampung.
Danang went on to say that the mobile e-ticketing services gives a one-stop service for the passengers by stopping at rest areas.
He also predicted that the number of passengers crossing through Merak seaport this year would increase by 8 percent compared to that of the previous year.