Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported 1.60 million visits by international visitors in August 2026, up 6.27% from a year earlier. Domestic trips within Indonesia reached 104.30 million, an 11.47% year-on-year increase. Trips abroad by Indonesian residents were 643,690, down 6.02%. These measures cover different travel directions and concepts: visits by foreigners to Indonesia, trips by residents within the country and trips by residents outside it. Adding them into one figure for “tourists” would not be meaningful.

BPS counts foreign visits and domestic trips as monthly flows; a visit or trip is not necessarily a unique person. One person may travel more than once during the reference month. BPS’s international visitor statistics draw on sources including immigration administration records and Mobile Positioning Data (MPD). Its domestic tourism methodology uses MPD alongside information from a digital traveler survey. The release’s 1.60 million and 104.30 million figures are therefore not two counts produced in the same way, but indicators from separate statistical production processes. The reported growth rates compare August 2026 with August 2025.

Room occupancy at star-rated hotels was 52.52% in August 2026. This percentage compares occupied room-nights with available room-nights; BPS reported an increase of 2.01 percentage points year on year. A percentage-point change is not the same as a relative percent increase: 2.01 points means the occupancy rate rose by that amount on the percentage scale. The release figure concerns star-rated hotels and should not be generalized as the occupancy rate for every accommodation business. It also does not, by itself, explain the change in visitor numbers or measure hotel revenue.

Hotel occupancy comes from BPS’s monthly accommodation survey (VHTS). Agency method notes describe census collection for eligible star-rated hotels in specified areas and a sampling design for other eligible accommodation businesses; the reporting unit is the accommodation enterprise. The numerator in the occupancy calculation is room-nights used, and the denominator is room-nights made available. This differs from the travel-flow measures, because the rate describes room use rather than people or journeys. BPS can publish hotel survey results by star classification and geographic area; the 52.52% highlighted here is the national star-rated hotel indicator.

August’s results point in different directions across three travel flows, alongside a rise in the national star-hotel occupancy rate from a year earlier. These are monthly statistics and can be affected by seasonal patterns; the year-on-year rates alone do not establish causes. An international visit is an entry or visit event, a domestic trip is a journey within Indonesia, and an outbound trip is travel outside the country by an Indonesian resident. Hotel occupancy is a share of room-nights. The BPS figures should be read according to their respective definitions and coverage. They do not measure tourist spending, length of stay, occupancy of all beds or the sector’s total revenue through these four headline indicators.