Jakarta, Aug. 5 -- The Ministry of Transportation has devised a Bali water taxi plan as an alternative to ease traffic congestion in the region.

"This water taxi is an alternative to reduce congestion. Other programs will also run to reduce traffic in Bali, especially from the airport to tourist destinations, such as Canggu," Secretary of the ministry's Directorate General of Sea Transportation Lollan Andy Sutomo Panjaitan said on Tuesday.

According to Panjaitan, the water taxi plan, designed as a water transport system, is an alternative solution to ease traffic jams for tourists traveling to Canggu from I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.

Based on current progress, the ministry said it believes that bureaucratic processes need to be accelera...