Entrepeneurs : The Overseas Tickets is Cheaper, Very Embarrassing

Senin, 14 Jan 2019 08:45 WIB

SURABAYAPAGI.com, Jakarta - The price of domestic airplane tickets is observed to be much cheaper by using international airlines and having to transit abroad. This is feared to have an impact on increasing tourists abroad compared to domestic ones. For example, some routes from Sumatra to Jakarta such as Banda Aceh - Jakarta, Padang - Jakarta, and Medan - Jakarta are monitored cheaper when transiting in Kuala Lumpur and Penang. According to the Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA), Asnawi Bahar, this is a shame for domestic and government airline entrepreneurs. "When people want to go to a city in the country, they have to make a passport, they have to go abroad first, it is ridicule. Dont consider it a joke, but it has become a scorn of domestic airlines and the government, which cannot take a stand against it," said Asnawi, Sunday (13/1). Asnawi considered this would damage the image of the government and domestic airlines. He hopes the Ministry of Transportation can firmly regulate this. Moreover, according to him, the increase in airplane ticket prices did not give any benefit to the airline. He gave an example of the increase in ticket prices for Garuda Indonesia aircraft, which made people reluctant to buy, resulting in an empty plane. "Garuda is a plane everywhere several months is empty. The planes are also many hanging out. This is about the disadvantages how? Other groups also automatically make our tourism very disturbed, because Citilink and Sriwijaya also raise prices," he explained. The impact, said Asnawi, was felt by tourism businesses. The increase in airplane ticket prices makes tour packages expensive and not competitive. The decline in domestic tourists can be seen on last years new holiday, which should be peak season, down by 30 percent. "The impact will be an increase in tourists abroad. For example Padang - Jakarta is Rp 2 million, but Jakarta - Kuala Lumpur is only Rp 500 thousand. Hotel prices are also cheap in KL. This will make Indonesian people vacation abroad so the risk of spending very big, "he explained. Meanwhile the Ministry of Tourism hopes that the Ministry of Transportation can immediately overcome the polemic of airline ticket prices which are considered very expensive by the community. The Head of the Ministry of Tourisms Public Communication Bureau, Guntur Sakti hopes that the settlement steps can be taken wisely between the Ministry of Transportation and the airlines or related stakeholders to support domestic tourism. Airlines are included in element 3A which is very much needed in tourism, namely Accessibility. Ministry of Tourism and Regional Tourism Office continue to make promotions to bring tourists to the region and have provided elements of Attraction and Amenitas. Meanwhile, based on the monitoring of several airline ticket sales platforms such as traveling.com and Tiket.com, for routes to major cities in Sumatra to Jakarta, both offer routes through Kuala Lumpur. Like the Medan - Jakarta route through Kuala Lumpur, not only use AirAsia airlines, but also domestic airlines such as Citilink and Lion Air. While prices for tickets using domestic airlines and transit in domestic cities can be more expensive, Rp 700 thousand to Rp 1 million. rk

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