Consumer uncertainty prompts many to scrap their annual hometown trip
Passengers at Bogor Station in West Java, Indonesia, during last year’s Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the Muslim fasting month. Millions of train tickets remain unsold only two weeks before this year’s celebration. © Getty Images
ISMI DAMAYANTI and REZHA HADYAN
JAKARTA — Transport bookings for Indonesia’s upcoming end-of-Ramadan holiday are significantly down on last year, which analysts say highlights the fragile state of Southeast Asia’s largest economy as President Prabowo Subianto pursues controversial policies.