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Indonesia Proposes Remote Work to Ease Year-End Holiday Travel
Indonesia’s transport ministry proposed work-from-home days before and after the 2026 Christmas and 2027 New Year holidays.
The plan aims to reduce congestion as people travel for the holiday period.
The proposed dates are December 21 and 22, and January 4.
Officials expect travel out of cities to peak on December 23 and return journeys to peak on January 3.
The proposal is not yet final and will be discussed at a coordination meeting with the ministry responsible for human development and culture.
The government, police and toll-road operators are also preparing traffic measures, limits on freight vehicles and alternative routes and ferry ports.
Officials are still discussing the detailed rules, including possible alternative ferry ports between Ketapang and Gilimanuk.
Indonesia’s Transport Ministry has proposed remote work on selected dates around the 2026/2027 Christmas and New Year holiday period.
The proposed dates are December 21 and 22, before the expected outbound travel peak, and January 4, after the expected return peak.
The proposal will be discussed at a coordination meeting with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture.
Transport officials say the measure is intended to ease travel congestion during the holiday period.
The ministry is also preparing traffic rules and alternative routes and ports for the holiday season.
- Who
- Indonesia’s Transport Ministry proposed the measure. Director General of Land Transportation Aan Suhanan announced it.
- What
- Remote work, or work from anywhere, is proposed for selected dates around the Christmas and New Year holidays.
- When
- December 21 and 22, 2026, and January 4, 2027, are proposed.
- Where
- Indonesia. The proposal was announced at the Transport Ministry office in Central Jakarta.
- Why
- To ease congestion from holiday travel.
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Indonesia’s Transport Ministry says the Christmas and New Year travel operation ran smoothly.
The ministry presented the remote-work proposal at a meeting in Jakarta.
The proposal is to be discussed at a coordination meeting with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture.
- Proposed dates
- December 21–22, 2026, and January 4, 2027
- Outbound travel peak
- December 23, 2026
- Return travel peak
- January 3, 2027, according to Detik; January 4, according to CNN Indonesia
- Prior holiday satisfaction
- 87.9 percent reported satisfaction with the 2025/2026 operation
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What people are saying
We will propose at the coordination meeting with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture that it be made work from anywhere.
The proposal is for the 21st and 22nd at the start, then the 4th at the end, and so on.
87.9 percent were satisfied with the 2025/2026 Christmas and New Year operation.