How Bali counts tourism: visitors, domestic trips and economic impact

Bali’s tourism economy is measured through several different counts rather than one visitor total. For 2025, official figures distinguish international arrivals, domestic tourist trips, tourism’s wider economic contribution and pressures on infrastructure and the environment, so the headline number depends on what is being counted.

What does Bali’s 2025 visitor count include?

The Bali provincial government reported 16.3 million total tourist visits in 2025, comprising 7.05 million international visitors and about 9.3 million domestic visitors, according to the Bali provincial government, 2026.

BPS Bali reported a different domestic measure: more than 26.6 million domestic tourist trips in 2025, according to the Bali provincial government’s summary of BPS data, 2026. A trip is not automatically the same as a unique person or a single arrival, so the figures should not be added together.

Why do official sources show different international totals?

The Bali provincial government’s tourism statistics recorded 6.94 million international tourist visits in 2025, according to the Bali provincial government, 2026. Another provincial government statement reported 7.05 million international visitors for the same year, according to the Bali provincial government, 2026.

The difference reflects separate releases and measures. The tourism office’s 2025 statistical book is the dedicated source for tourism tables, while BPS publishes province-wide statistical compilations, including Bali Province in Figures 2025.

How large is tourism in Bali’s economy?

The Bali provincial government estimated that tourism-related economic circulation reached about Rp176 trillion in 2025 and said this represented almost 50 percent of national tourism’s contribution, according to the Bali provincial government, 2026. These are estimates presented by the provincial government, not a direct count of all visitor spending.

Bali’s economy grew 5.82 percent in 2025, according to the Bali provincial government’s account of BPS data, 2026. The same account said accommodation and food services, trade, transport, construction and manufacturing remained major parts of the economic structure.

What pressures accompany the visitor economy?

The provincial government identified land-use change, rising waste volumes, ecosystem disruption, threats to clean-water availability and traffic congestion as challenges associated with higher tourism activity, according to the Bali provincial government, 2026.

The government also said public infrastructure and services had not fully matched the increase in activity, with congestion a particular concern. These statements describe policy challenges; they are not measurements of a single tourism-impact index.

Which number should readers use?

Use the figure that matches the question: 16.3 million for the provincial government’s combined 2025 visitor total, 6.94 million for the tourism office’s international-visit statistic, or more than 26.6 million for BPS’s domestic-trip measure, as reported by the Bali provincial government, 2026.

BPS’s Bali Province in Figures 2025, released on 28 February 2025, provides the province’s annual statistical framework, while the Bali Tourism Office’s 2025 statistical publication provides tourism-specific tables.

Sources

• Bali Provincial Tourism Office
• Statistics Indonesia, Bali Province