JAKARTA - Travellers using Malaysian passports formed the largest group of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in April, as the country recorded 1.25 million international tourist visits, Statistics Indonesia, or BPS, said on June 2. The total rose 7.22% from April 2025 and 14.75% from March.
BPS recorded 207,960 visits by travellers holding Malaysian passports, equivalent to 16.65% of the April total. Australia ranked second with 157,960 visits, or 12.65%, followed by China with 133,990 visits, or 10.73%.
The April increase reversed three consecutive monthly declines. Foreign tourist visits fell from 1.19 million in January to 1.16 million in February and 1.09 million in March before recovering to 1.25 million in April. Indonesia recorded 4.68 million foreign tourist visits between January and April, an increase of 8.24% from the same period in 2025.
BPS did not attribute Malaysia’s leading position to exchange-rate movements, but one possible factor is the ringgit’s increased buying power in Indonesia. Reuters market data showed that the Malaysian currency had gained 17.67% against the rupiah over the year to May 29.
Deputy Tourism Minister Ni Luh Puspa separately said rupiah weakness could make Indonesia more attractive to international visitors and encourage longer stays.
“We see this [rupiah weakness] as an opportunity for Indonesia because it will make Indonesia more attractive to tourists,” she said at the Bali & Beyond Travel Fair in Badung, Bali, on May 30, according to Indonesia’s state-owned news agency Antara.
BPS also recorded 97.55 million domestic tourist trips in April, down 24.14% from the same month in 2025. Domestic trips reached 417.06 million between January and April, an increase of 1.48% year on year. The occupancy rate at star-rated hotels stood at 48.83% in April, up 1.85 percentage points from a year earlier.
