How many visitors did Labuan Bajo receive in the first half of 2025?

Labuan Bajo’s tourism traffic increased in the first half of 2025: total passengers reached 231,050, compared with 207,117 in the same period of 2024, according to the Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority’s 2025 report. The report counts passengers recorded through Labuan Bajo airport data, not a complete census of visitors to Flores.

How many passengers arrived in the first half of 2025?

The report records 231,050 total passengers for January-June 2025. It compares that with 207,117 passengers in January-June 2024, according to the Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority’s 2025 report.

The authority reports an increase of 23,933 passengers, or 11.56%, between the two six-month periods. Because the measure is airport passenger traffic, it should not be read as the number of unique tourists or as a total for all of Flores.

What does the monthly pattern show?

The report lists combined monthly totals of 24,967 passengers in January, 19,848 in February, 23,425 in March, 38,309 in April, 39,746 in May and 41,560 in June, according to the Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority’s 2025 report.

The same report separates the monthly figures into domestic and foreign passenger categories. That distinction describes the report’s recorded traffic categories; it does not establish how long passengers stayed or which destinations they visited after entering Labuan Bajo.

How does this compare with wider NTT tourism?

Provincial statistics provide a different measure. In July 2025, foreign-tourist visits to NTT reached 25,155, while domestic trips made from NTT reached 1,002,652, according to Statistics Indonesia’s Nusa Tenggara Timur office in its September 1, 2025 release.

The provincial release also recorded a 50.95% occupancy rate for star-rated hotels in NTT in July 2025. Manggarai Barat, the regency containing Labuan Bajo, had the highest star-hotel occupancy rate at 73.53%, according to Statistics Indonesia’s 2025 release.

Does the airport figure equal the number of tourists?

No. The Labuan Bajo report labels its headline measure total passengers, while Statistics Indonesia reports tourism indicators such as foreign-tourist visits, domestic trips and hotel occupancy. These measures cover different populations and should not be combined into a single visitor count.

For readers following Flores beyond Labuan Bajo, the distinction matters: airport traffic indicates movement through one gateway, while provincial tourism statistics describe wider activity across NTT and accommodation performance in individual regencies.

Sources

• Badan Pelaksana Otorita Labuan Bajo Flores
• Badan Pusat Statistik Provinsi