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How the source defines it

Laos reports the average across all tourist arrivals rather than international arrivals alone. Malaysia reports the average stay of hotel guests, which is a narrower population than all visitors. Indonesia reports the average stay of international visitors by nationality, from immigration records and mobile positioning data, with BPS's own average across all nationalities as the total.

What to watch when comparing

An annual average is not the average of twelve monthly averages, and the two are never charted as one series.
Sources differ in whether they average over visitors, tourists or hotel guests.

Where this indicator is published

Coverage of Average length of stay, annual across destinations
Destination	State	Latest period	Source	Freshness
Singapore	Catalogued	—	Singapore Department of Statistics, Singapore Tourism Board	—
Indonesia	Published	2025	Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS)	Current
Philippines	Published Available as breakdowns	2024	Philippine Statistics Authority	Awaiting source update
Malaysia	Published	2024	Department of Statistics Malaysia	Awaiting source update
Maldives	Publication held	—	Maldives Monetary Authority, Ministry of Tourism / Maldives Bureau of Statistics	—

Explore published breakdowns

Indonesia: source market
Philippines: visitor type

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Definitions or periods differ in ways no transformation resolves, so we show separate panels.

These series measure different things, so one chart would invite a comparison the sources do not support.

Why one chart is unavailable

Origin concept differs. One series counts by nationality or a source-reported total, the other by country or place of residence.
Visitor definition differs. The series do not define a visitor the same way, for example overnight tourists against all international visitors.
Border coverage differs. The entry points counted are not the same.
Transport coverage differs. The arrival modes counted are not the same.
Method differs or series break. The series come from different methodologies, or a source has flagged a break in the series.
Collection method differs. An administrative count is compared against a survey or an estimate.

The most recent period where every selected series has a complete value is 2024.

Compare movement since 2019

How we decide whether series can share a chart

nights · 2019 to 2025

Average length of stay, annual, Indonesia

Values in the units the source publishes. Approved observations only. Missing and partial periods are never zero or bridged.

Related indicators

Visitor days: View visitor days
Average length of stay: View length of stay
Average visitor length of stay in days, annual: View length of stay (days, annual)
Average visitor length of stay in days, quarterly: View length of stay (days, quarterly)

Thailand	Catalogued	—	Ministry of Tourism and Sports	—

Laos	Catalogued	—	Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lao Statistics Bureau	—

Data for Average length of stay, annual, Indonesia
Period	Indonesia
2019	8.9
2020	7.8
2021	4.3
2022	9.9
2023	8.5
2024	7.6
2025	9.9

nights · 2019 to 2024

Average length of stay, annual, Malaysia