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 under the One Data Indonesia policy, covering Labuan Bajo, Lake Toba, Bali and other key…
By Mukmin John
Editor: Mursyid Sonsang
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Labuan Bajo — Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism has released a 2025 statistical publication covering 10 Priority Tourism Destinations and three Regenerative Tourism Destinations under the national One Data Indonesia policy. The report was officially launched in Jakarta on Thursday, 20 August 2026, according to coverage by state broadcaster RRI and the Indonesian Association of Hajj and Umrah Travel Agencies (AMPHURI).
The publication, issued as an infographic series, was compiled by the ministry’s Bureau of Data and Information Systems in collaboration with Statistics Indonesia (BPS) and the Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming/BKPM, in line with efforts to standardize sectoral data across government.
According to reporting from RRI and AMPHURI, the 10 priority tourism destinations covered in the 2025 statistics are Lake Toba; Borobudur–Yogyakarta–Prambanan; Lombok–Gili Tramena; Labuan Bajo; Manado–Likupang; Wakatobi; Raja Ampat; Bromo–Tengger–Semeru; Bangka Belitung; and Morotai.
The three regenerative destinations included in the publication are Bali, Greater Jakarta and the Riau Islands, reflecting areas where tourism is being positioned to drive recovery and long-term sustainability.
What the 2025 publication measures
AMPHURI’s summary of the launch states that the tourism statistics present eight standardized indicators designed to describe conditions in each destination and support evidence-based policy.
According to that account, the indicators include figures for international and domestic tourist visits, the average length of stay for each group, tourism investment realization, tourism employment, gross regional domestic product (GRDP) for accommodation and food services, and profiles of accommodation, food-and-beverage businesses and commercial tourist attractions.
The indicators presented in the publication can be grouped as follows:
- International visitor arrivals and domestic tourist trips
- Average length of stay for foreign and domestic visitors
- Tourism investment realization
- Tourism-sector employment
- Accommodation and food-services GRDP
- Profiles of accommodation and food-and-beverage businesses
- Profiles of commercial visitor attractions
RRI’s English-language report highlights several headline figures to illustrate the range of data. For Bali, categorized as a regenerative destination, the publication records 7.04 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2025, an average stay of 9.04 nights and investment realization of IDR 16.05 trillion.
Greater Jakarta is reported to have recorded IDR 23.74 trillion in tourism investment and 293 million domestic visitor trips in 2025. The Borobudur–Yogyakarta–Prambanan area is reported with 56.19 million domestic visits, while the Bromo–Tengger–Semeru destination recorded 50.89 million domestic visits.
Labuan Bajo among the priority destinations
Both RRI and AMPHURI note that Labuan Bajo is one of the 10 designated Priority Tourism Destinations included in the 2025 statistics, alongside other areas that have been earmarked for accelerated development.
The published summaries available to date focus on selected destinations, including Bali, Greater Jakarta, Borobudur–Yogyakarta–Prambanan and Bromo–Tengger–Semeru, and do not yet present a consolidated ranking across all indicators. As a result, the relative position of Labuan Bajo on metrics such as arrivals, investment, employment, length of stay and regional output cannot be fully assessed from those summaries alone.
At the launch event for the infographic publication, Secretary of the Tourism Ministry Bayu Aji said the standardized dataset is intended to serve as a reference for stakeholders designing more effective and competitive tourism development. Bureau chief Nova Arisne of the ministry’s Data and Information Systems unit emphasized that the indicators are meant to strengthen coordination between agencies and support evaluation of tourism programs, according to AMPHURI’s report.
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