ALOR SETAR, May 18 — Sixty thousand ferry tickets for routes between Kuala Perlis/Kuala Kedah and Langkawi have been sold ahead of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2025 (LIMA’25), which starts Tuesday.
Ferry Line Ventures Sdn Bhd operations manager Norhafiz Abdul Wahid said the number of tickets sold were for Tuesday to Sunday.
“From May 20 to 25, 113,000 tickets were made available in the Ferry Line ticketing system, and of that amount, 60,000 have been sold. Ferry Line has also added 122 additional trips based on the encouraging ticket sales.
“Ferry Line is also extending the service hours for the additional trips up to 10 pm for both directions between Langkawi and Kuala Perlis, and Langkawi and Kuala Kedah. This allows members of the public who wish to visit LIMA’25 to enter and exit Langkawi on the same day, subject to ferry trip availability,” he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, he said, to overcome congestion expected at the Kuala Perlis and Kuala Kedah Ferry Terminals, passengers are advised to be at the terminal at least an hour early to avoid missing their ride.
“Ferry Line will also increase the number of trips for the Kuala Perlis to Langkawi route, following the completion of a dredging project near Kuala Perlis waters. This will allow the ferry operator to handle more trips between Kuala Perlis and Langkawi and vice versa.
“We also advise passengers to plan their journeys in advance by purchasing round-trip tickets through the ‘Cuti-Cuti Langkawi’ app,” he said.
Norhafiz added that the response and demand for ferry tickets for this edition of LIMA’25 have been significantly higher than those for LIMA’19 and LIMA’23.
“For LIMA’19, 25,000 tickets were sold for 64 trips, while for LIMA’23, 31,138 tickets were sold for 64 trips. For LIMA’25, as of today, 60,000 tickets have been sold for 122 trips,” he said.
— Bernama
