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THE TOURISM sector’s contribution to Indonesia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was recorded at 4.67% in 2025, according to Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) data.
According to Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana said that tourism’s GDP contribution is one of the Ministry of Tourism’s key performance indicators, making the availability of up-to-date data crucial in measuring the sector’s achievements.
“Tourism’s GDP contribution is one of the Ministry of Tourism’s Key Performance Indicators. Therefore, the availability of TSA data is crucial in measuring the performance of the tourism sector,” said Minister Widiyanti in an online meeting with the Head of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) in Jakarta on Monday (03/16), 2026.
However, the limited data release timeframe of approximately two years means that the latest contribution figures do not fully reflect the current state of the tourism sector.
As a precautionary measure, the Ministry of Tourism has tentatively estimated tourism’s GDP contribution in 2025 using an approach based on sectors directly related to tourism activities, such as accommodation, food and beverage providers, and air transportation. Based on this approach, tourism’s GDP contribution in 2025 is estimated to reach 3.97%.
To address the challenge of data delays, the Ministry of Tourism continues to strengthen strategic collaboration with the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) to ensure the availability of more up-to-date, accurate, and responsive tourism sector data to meet national policy needs.
The Minister of Tourism hopes that BPS can expedite the process of calculating tourism’s GDP contribution in 2025 or introduce alternative statistical approaches that allow for more up-to-date measurements.
To support this calculation, the Ministry of Tourism is also promoting the implementation of the Passenger Exit Survey (PES), a critical component in calculating inbound tourism consumption, including in executive lounges at international airports.
The Ministry of Tourism has also coordinated with InJourney (Angkasa Pura), 13 international airports, and the district and city BPS offices as the PES survey implementers.
Coordination is also being conducted with lounge operators, including IAS Hospitality, which manages the Saphire Executive Lounge and Concordia Executive Lounge, and the Garuda Executive Lounge.
“In principle, both executive lounge managers have agreed to the implementation of the PES survey. The mechanism will follow the applicable process flow and regulations,” said Minister of Tourism Widiyanti.
In addition to strengthening tourism GDP data, the Ministry of Tourism and Statistics Indonesia (BPS) also agreed to collaborate on compiling tourism workforce statistics for 2025, which is planned to be formalized through the signing of a Cooperation Agreement at the end of March 2026.
The calculation of the tourism workforce in 2025 will continue to use the 2015 Indonesian Standard Industrial Classification (KBLI) to maintain consistency with the targets of the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN).
“The Ministry of Tourism is committed to continuing to strengthen synergy with BPS in developing national tourism statistics, including providing data that is more responsive to policy needs,” said the Minister.
Meanwhile BPS Head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti appreciated the Ministry of Tourism’s steps in providing a preliminary estimate of tourism’s GDP contribution. She explained that the Indonesian TSA was compiled using the Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework (RMF) and refers to the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS), making the process complex and involving various sectoral data sources.
Amalia added that the tourism and creative economy sectors have now been designated as crucial new sources of economic growth for Indonesia and have even been included in the Main Development Indicators in Law Number 59 of 2024 concerning the 2025–2045 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJPN).
“The government is targeting an increase in the tourism GDP ratio from around 4.6% in 2025 to 8% in 2045,” Amelia concluded. [traveltext.id]
