Tourism Ministry details 2025 statistics for ten priority destinations
Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry has launched a 2025 statistical publication for 10 Priority Tourism Destinations and three Regenerative Destinations unde…
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Mukmin John
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BMKG time window for Flores aftershocks points to late-September slowdown
Indonesia’s BMKG expects aftershocks from the 15 August 2026 Flores earthquake to decline over roughly three to four weeks, with activity likely to co…
BNPB: 142 deaths linked to Flores quake, 94 in evacuation sites
Indonesia’s disaster agency says 142 people died in connection with the 15 August 2026 Flores earthquake, including 48 from the direct impact of the m…
Flores Aftershocks Top 9,700 as Labuan Bajo Tourism Normalizes
Indonesia’s meteorology and disaster agencies have logged more than 9,700 aftershocks in the weeks since the 7.7‑magnitude Flores earthquake, while lo…
Indonesia logs 1.53 million foreign arrivals in July 2026, topping 2019
Indonesia recorded 1,525,037 foreign arrivals in July 2026, slightly above the July 2019 benchmark according to Statistics Indonesia data compiled by…
East Flores Counts Five Disaster Emergencies Early in 2026
East Flores authorities say five disaster emergency statuses were active in early 2026, covering an eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, extreme weat…
Komodo Airport Handled 48,798 Arrivals in May 2025
Komodo Airport recorded 45,261 domestic and 3,537 international arrivals in May 2025, according to BPOLBF.
Diving tops Manggarai Barat tourism revenue at Rp1.5 billion
Manggarai Barat had collected Rp5.7 billion in tourism revenue by Nov. 21, 2023, with diving contributing Rp1.5 billion and foreign visitors accountin…
Tourism Averaged 25.73% of West Manggarai Locally Generated Revenue
An academic study published in 2024 finds that tourism-related local revenues made up an average 25.73% of West Manggarai’s locally generated income b…
Manggarai Barat Plan Notes Tourism’s GDP Share Fell in 2019–2020
Manggarai Barat’s 2021–2026 development plan treats tourism as a key economic driver and records that the sector’s share of regional GDP declined betw…
Meko Islands: a white sandbar and small islets off Adonara
The Meko Islands cluster off Adonara in East Flores features a white sandbar, three surrounding islets, clear water and mangroves.
Batu Cermin Cave Logged 25,929 Visitors in 2019, Tourism Studies Show
Academic studies using Manggarai Barat tourism data confirm that Batu Cermin Cave received 25,929 visitors in 2019 and is positioned as a supporting a…
How Komodo’s 2019 tourism receipts split between Jakarta and Manggarai Barat
Local and national authorities applied different ticketing and accounting systems for visits to Komodo National Park in 2019, creating a roughly Rp34…