Tourism Ministry lists 2025 Labuan Bajo visitor dataset without monthly figures

Labuan Bajo — Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has listed a 2025 dataset on visitor numbers to Labuan Bajo in its national data catalog, but the public metadata view does not yet provide the underlying monthly figures needed for detailed analysis.

The dataset appears under the title “Jumlah Kunjungan Wisatawan ke Labuan Bajo” and is maintained by the ministry in its open data infrastructure for tourism statistics. One catalog entry for the 2025 series links to an XLSX file named “2025-jumlah-kunjungan-wisatawan-ke-labuan-bajo-tahun-2025.xlsx,” indicating that the primary resource is a spreadsheet download rather than an on-page table.

The catalog metadata for the 2025 file identifies four columns: Bulan (month), Wisnus, Wisman and TOTAL. The data dictionary records Bulan and Wisnus as text fields, while Wisman and TOTAL are stored as numeric fields. In Indonesia’s tourism statistics, Wisnus commonly denotes domestic visitors and Wisman international visitors, but the catalog page does not spell out those definitions.

Catalog details and structure

According to the ministry’s catalog entry, the Labuan Bajo visitor dataset is described as data on the number of visitors to Labuan Bajo for the 2025 reference year. The resource is listed in XLSX format, with a last-updated date of 23 February 2026 for the 2025 file. The catalog also notes that the license for the dataset is “not specified,” and that the resource’s creation date is not recorded.

The catalog view provides only the structural outline of the dataset. It confirms the coverage year as 2025, the presence of separate fields for domestic visitors, international visitors and a total, and the spreadsheet format. However, the online resource view does not display the monthly values for each field, and is marked as unavailable, so users cannot inspect the data directly through the catalog interface.

Separate ministry documentation for Labuan Bajo tourism, published via the Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority (BPOLBF), reports monthly figures for visitor arrivals from 2019 to 2025, including breakdowns for January–June 2025 by domestic and international visitors. Those reports confirm that official visitor statistics for Labuan Bajo in 2025 exist within the government system, but they are presented in PDF form and not directly embedded in the XLSX catalog view.

What can be confirmed from public metadata

From the available metadata, the following elements of the 2025 Labuan Bajo visitor dataset are clear:

• Coverage year: 2025, treated as an annual series.
• Reported fields: month (Bulan), domestic visitors (Wisnus), international visitors (Wisman) and a total (TOTAL).
• File format: XLSX spreadsheet, downloadable via the catalog link.
• Stewardship: Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, via its tourism data portals and Labuan Bajo tourism reports.

The catalog does not indicate whether the figures represent arrivals, individual visitors, guest-nights or another unit of count, nor does it explain whether the total field is calculated from the domestic and international figures or recorded separately. It also does not state explicitly whether all 12 months of 2025 are covered, even though related BPOLBF documentation and regional tourism statistics show monthly reporting at least for parts of the year.

Implications for demand tracking

Because the public metadata view omits the actual numbers, users cannot rely on the catalog alone to verify monthly totals for 2025, calculate annual sums or compare domestic and international trends. Analysts seeking a robust baseline for Labuan Bajo demand therefore need access to the XLSX file itself or to parallel official releases, such as BPOLBF’s visitor reports and regional tourism statistics from Manggarai Barat.

The ministry’s tourism data portal notes that visitor data to Labuan Bajo are considered a key indicator for tracking the development of the destination, the effectiveness of promotion and the appeal of local services and attractions. A fully accessible 2025 series, including clear definitions and units of measurement, would enable more precise monitoring of seasonality, post-pandemic recovery and alignment with broader national tourism targets.

Until the XLSX contents are viewable through the catalog or obtained directly from the ministry, public information establishes the existence and structure of the 2025 Labuan Bajo visitor dataset, but not its detailed monthly results.

Sources

• Jumlah kunjungan wisatawan ke Labuan Bajo - data.go.id
• Jumlah Kunjungan Wisatawan Ke Labuan Bajo Tahun 2025 - Katalog Data Kemenpar
• Jumlah Kunjungan Wisatawan ke Labuan Bajo 2020-2025 - Goodstats
• 500 Ribu Turis Kunjungi Labuan Bajo pada 2025, Sumbang PAD Rp 2,3 Miliar - Detik
• 475 Ribu Turis Plesiran ke Labuan Bajo per November 2025 - Labuan Bajo Today