The invention belongs to the technical field of cables and materials, and particularly relates to a luminous optical cable. The luminous optical cable comprises an optical cable core, a protective layer which wraps the optical cable core, and an inner protective layer which wraps the protective layer in an extrusion molding mode. The optical cable core is composed of a reinforcer located at the center of the optical cable core, a plurality of loose tubes which are distributed outside the reinforcer in parallel or in a twisted mode, and a binding layer which binds up the loose tubes. At least one light-guide fiber is arranged in each loose tube. The luminous optical cable is characterized in that a luminous layer is arranged outside the inner protective layer, the luminous layer is wrapped with a protection layer in an extrusion molding mode, the luminous layer wraps the inner protective layer integrally, and the protection layer is transparent. The invention further discloses the luminous optical cable and a method for manufacturing the luminous optical cable. The luminous optical cable and the method for manufacturing the luminous optical cable have the advantages that the product structure is simple, manufacturing is easy, the optical cable can be recognized in bright light and night light conveniently, and construction and maintenance are facilitated.