BATANGAS CITY — The government aims to upgrade the ticketing system across Philippine ports in a bid to modernize the cheapest and most accessible transportation between major islands in the
Should the project materialize, boat passengers, normally traveling between islands and from the provinces to the country’s capital and who could not afford the more expensive domestic air travel, could have the same “experience and convenience” at least in booking their seats, said Philippine Ports Authority General Manager Jay Santiago.
The machine, similar to booking kiosks at the airports, allows a passenger to purchase a ticket without having to interact with a human vendor. At the Batangas port, alone, from which 29 shipping lines operate, the PPA said passenger traffic reaches 600,000 every peak season, like All Souls’ Day or Lent.
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