Bonaire welcomed 10,779 stayover visitors during the month September 2024

TCB Informs 

The Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has published preliminary visitor statistics for September 2024, showing a total of 10,779 stayover visitors to Bonaire. This figure reflects a 9.8% decline compared to the 11,951 visitors recorded in September 2023. Notably, this month’s visitor numbers are also close to pre-pandemic levels, as 10,000 visitors arrived in September 2019.

Dutch visitors continued to form the largest visitor group, making up 48% of total arrivals with 5,182 tourists. U.S. visitors represented the second largest group, with 2,003 visitors (18.6%), followed by 1,772 visitors from Curaçao (16.4%). Additional significant contributions came from Aruba, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, and Colombia.

The year-over-year comparison of visitor data from 2023 to 2024 reveals notable shifts among Bonaire’s primary tourism markets. Visitors from the Netherlands decreased by 10.3%, with 5,182 arrivals in 2024 compared to 5,776 in 2023. The U.S. market also saw a significant decline, dropping 20.8% from 2,530 visitors in 2023 to 2,003 in 2024. Curaçao contributed 1,772 visitors, a 7.2% decrease from the previous year’s 1,909. Canada’s visitor numbers fell by 10.7%, from 84 to 75. German tourists decreased by 15.1%, totaling 230 in 2024 compared to 271 in 2023. Additionally, Aruba saw a substantial reduction, with 257 visitors in 2024, marking a 29.8% drop from the 366 recorded the year prior.

U.S. visitors primarily came from states such as Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Virginia, and New York. The age distribution revealed that mature travelers aged 55-64 represented 27.3% of the visitors, and those aged 65+ comprised 23.8%. Among Dutch visitors, most came from North Holland, South Holland, and North Brabant, with the age groups 25-34 (25%) and 55-64 (23.8%) as the largest segments.

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