Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia welcomed 13.98 million international tourists between January and November 2025, up 10.44 percent from the 12.66 million travelers recorded during the same period the previous year, the Ministry of Tourism reported.Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana noted in a statement on Thursday that visitors from Malaysia, Australia, Singapore, China, and Timor-Leste accounted for the majority of arrivals.“These five countries cumulatively contributed more than 56 percent of total international tourist arrivals as of November 2025,” she added.The minister further reported that during the January–November 2025 period, five airports remained the primary gateways into Indonesia: I Gusti Ngurah Rai in Bali, Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta, Juanda in Surabaya, Kualanamu in Medan, and Yogyakarta International Airport.Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa added that Indonesia witnessed as many as 1.09 billion domestic tourist travels during the same period, surpassing the government's 2025 target of 1.08 billion movements.She described the favorable trend as a reflection of growth in the tourism sector and a reminder of the importance of strengthening connectivity, driving targeted promotions, and improving service quality to further expand the sector’s market reach.The official noted that the Ministry of Tourism has devised strategies to diversify destinations and attractions, as more than 61 percent of domestic tourists were concentrated in five provinces on Java Island: East Java, West Java, Central Java, Jakarta, and Banten.Puspa also cited Transportation Ministry data, reporting that 11.81 million people traveled to 10 priority tourist destinations and three regenerative destinations between December 18 and January 4, an increase of 10.95 percent compared with the corresponding period a year earlier.She added that her office had taken various measures to anticipate the surge in mobility during the 2025 Christmas and 2026 New Year holidays, including issuing circulars to regional governments and tourism businesses on cleanliness, health, safety, environmental sustainability, and disaster mitigation.The Tourism Ministry, she continued, also provided transportation incentives, offered various Christmas- and New Year-themed tourism packages, and implemented the Belanja di Indonesia Aja (Just Shop in Indonesia/BINA) Great Sale 2025 program, which generated around Rp31 trillion (US$1.8 billion) in transactions.