Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport is welcoming a massive surge in the number of tourist arrivals for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
With the first big wave of the holiday season safely landing on 21st December, the airport will be serving an average of 67,000 passengers a day over the next two weeks.
Speaking to reporters, the General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Ahmad Syaugi Shahab, explained that Integrated Post for Christmas and New Year is operating in full from the nerve center of the airport.
The airport will see a notable increase in the number of passengers served daily during this festive holiday.
Starting from 19th December, the average number of passengers served daily reached 67,000 people, up from 60,000 passengers for the same period in 2023, an increase of 12%.
The airport is seeing a huge increase in the number of passengers across both the international and domestic terminals.
Shahab explained, “[for Friday 20th] the details were 28,266 domestic passengers, with 15,271 passengers arriving and 12,995 passengers departing, and 38,954 international passengers, with 21,038 passengers arriving and 17,916 passengers departing.”
In a statement issued over the weekend, the Indonesian Minister for Transportation, Dudy Purwagandhi, confirmed that following his visit to I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport that he felt confident that the airport was well prepared for the rising number of passengers, and the associated heavy traffic around the airport.
Minister Purwagandi also attended a multi-agency roll call ceremony ahead of the launch of Operation Lilin Agung 2024, the official provincial security operation for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The operation sees officers from the Police, the Army, and, traffic agencies, and disaster management agencies all work together to ensure that the holiday season is safe and confirmable for all on the island.
Across Indonesia, over 141,000 officers have been deployed to ensure that public holidays are safe for all.
Officers have been deployed to offer security, control traffic flow, respond to natural disasters, and more across the county between 21st December 2024 and 2nd January 2025.
At the Integrated Post at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport officers from Angkasa Pura Indonesia, the Airport Authority Office Region IV, the Denpasar Health Quarantine Center (BBKK), the Ngurah Rai Airport Police, the Indonesian Air Force, Basarnas, and the Bali Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency will be working together to serve the over 1.3 million passengers who will be moving through the airport.
Tourists arriving in Bali are advised to book their airport pick-up ahead of arrival, though taxis and transfer services are always available to organize on arrival.
Utilizing the eVisa on Arrival service prior to traveling to Bali can also help cut down travel time.
The eVisa on Arrival can applied for up to 48 hours before departure to Indonesia, though with public holidays impacting the Immigration Office working hours, be sure to leave as much time as possible in applying for an eVisa on Arrival for the New Year holiday.
The eVisa on Arrival enables tourists to use the autogates at Bali Airport on arrival and departure; this saves potentially hours of time queuing to pay for the normal visa on arrival and for in-person immigration checks.
In terms of returning to the airport for departing flights, tourists are advised to leave as much time as possible to travel from their resort to the airport.
Widespread flooding, especially in areas like Kuta, Legian, and Seminyak, has been causing havoc on the roads.
Tourists are urged to monitor the weather forecast throughout their vacations in Bali; up-to-date forecasts are published by the Bali Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency on Instagram daily.
It is also recommended that you regularly check the Bali Airport Instagram page on the day of travel for updates regarding changing flight schedules due to poor weather conditions in Denpasar.
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