Indonesian outbound travel drops nearly 19% in April

Indonesian citizens' international travel saw a significant decline in April 2026, with outbound trips dropping by 18.85% from the previous month. The Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), Indonesia's central statistics agency, reported that the number of national tourists traveling abroad fell to 644,000 trips in April, down from 793,160 in March.

This downward trend was even more pronounced when compared to the previous year. Year-on-year, outbound travel decreased by 30.54%. Pudji Ismartini, BPS Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics, stated this during a press conference in Jakarta on Thursday, June 2, 2026.

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In April 2026, there were 644,000 national tourist trips, a decrease compared to 793.16 thousand trips the previous month.

Despite the overall decrease, countries within the ASEAN region continued to dominate the list of top ten destinations for Indonesian travelers. Malaysia remained the primary destination, accounting for 29.74% of all trips, a slight increase of 0.01 percentage points from the prior month. Singapore and Saudi Arabia followed, capturing 13.32% and 11.76% of the total national tourist trips, respectively.

Regarding the modes of return, BPS data indicated that in April 2026, 639,510 Indonesian citizens returned through main entry points and 4,150 through border crossings. Air travel was the most common return method, with 523,100 trips, followed by sea (88,240 trips) and land (28,170 trips). Cumulatively, from January to April 2026, the total number of Indonesian outbound trips reached 3.14 million, a decrease of 3.49% compared to the same period last year.

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It also experienced a year-on-year decrease of 30.54 percent.