Eid al-Adha holiday has been extended to 9 days. Approximately 9 million passengers will travel by bus during the holiday. Bus tickets are already full. The sales of the 12 thousand additional flights put by the companies have also started fast. The round-trip bus cost for a family of 4 from Istanbul to a nearby city in Anatolia is 12 thousand TL.
The round-trip bus cost for a family of 4 from Istanbul to a nearby city in Anatolia is 12 thousand Turkish Liras, while airfare for the same route exceeds 40 thousand Turkish Liras. The cost of renting a car for five days rises to 30 thousand liras with fuel oil.
According to the Turkish newspaper, there was an increase between the ticket prices for the same routes during the Ramadan Feast and today’s prices.
On March 30, 2024, the same bus company charged 900 liras per person for an Istanbul-Konya ticket, while in the three months that have passed (today), it is seen that it is asking for 1,200 liras.
Bus company officials said, “We did not experience such a density during Ramadan. Eid al-Adha is more active. There is a partial increase in prices. This is not due to fuel prices.
We have added more additional trips due to the intensity. We have to rent a bus for each additional trip. We also have to pay for the driver and the bus driver,” he says.
