JAKARTA, 19 August 2025: Indonesia recorded 7.05 million foreign tourist visits from January to June 2025, representing a positive year-on-year growth of 9.44%, Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana reported during the Ministry of Tourism’s Monthly Review in Jakarta, Saturday, 16 August.
She described the results as a positive trend with visits by nationals of the nine member countries of ASEAN dominating the source market charts, followed by visitors from other nations in Asia and Europe.
“The tourism sector’s performance in the first half of 2025 showed positive growth, as a strong signal that the programmes rolled out by the Ministry of Tourism are on target and have delivered the right benefits,” said Tourism Minister Widiyanti, noting that the positive performance reflected increases in both international and domestic tourist trips.
The positive performance of the tourism sector is also reflected in Indonesia’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2025, which reached a relatively high level of 5.12% (year-on-year), surpassing the growth in the second quarter of 2024 of 5.05% (year-on-year).
“We should be grateful that amidst the uncertainty and challenges of global geopolitics, the tourism sector has proven to be able to contribute and play a significant role in GDP and maintain the resilience of the national economy,” said Widiyanti.
To maintain economic growth through 2025, the government has issued stimulus measures, including supply-side discounts on airline, train, ferry fares and toll fees, making tourism services more affordable.
Tourism Minister Widiyanti also highlighted the 3.54 percentage point decline in star-rated hotel occupancy from January to June 2025 compared to the same period the previous year (year-to-date).
“The decline is not believed to be due to a weakening interest in tourism, but rather to a possible shift in tourist interest to alternative accommodations and an increase in room availability, among other factors.”
Despite a decline in hotel occupancy rates, the number of occupied hotel rooms increased by 11.53% compared to the first half of 2024. This indicates that demand for hotel accommodation remains strong, but the rapid growth in hotel room supply has caused occupancy rates to decline.
“We’re still monitoring this, as there are several possibilities, including tourists staying in alternative accommodations. We appreciate the growth of tourism businesses through alternative accommodations, such as villas. This helps provide accommodation facilities for tourists and even offers unique accommodation experiences at destinations,” Tourism Minister Widiyanti concluded.
