Bonaire welcomed 18,606 stayover visitors during January 2026

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for January 2026, revealing that Bonaire received 18,606 stayover visitors. This represents a slight increase of 0.04% compared to January 2025, when 18,598 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 48.4% of total arrivals, with 9,004 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for 26.9% of arrivals and 5,000 visitors.

A total of 1,432 (7.7%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Canada with 938 (5%) visitors, Germany with 311 (1.7%) visitors, Aruba with 239 (1.3%) visitors, Belgium with 206 (1.1%) visitors, Colombia with 135 (0.7%) visitors, UK with 134 (0.7%) visitors, Switzerland with 113 (0.6%) visitors, and Brazil with 118 (0.6%) visitors.

US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (52.4%), diving (35.9%), and visiting friends and family (3.1%). The majority stayed at a hotel (48.7%), a villa (16.2%), an apartment (8.5%), their own property (6.4%), or with a relative (5.8%). US visitors primarily came from Florida, New York, California, Texas, and North Carolina. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 65 and up accounted for 29.6% of visitors, while those aged 55-64 accounted for 27.7%.

Dutch visitors were mainly those traveling with a partner, followed by solo travelers. Most visitors came for vacation (72.1%), visited friends and family (9.6%), and for business (5.3%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (46.4%), followed by an apartment (16.9%), at a relative’s (10.4%), a villa (7.1%), and their own property (4.5%). Most Dutch visitors came from North Holland, South Holland, Gelderland, North Brabant, and Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (26.7%) and the 25-34 age group (16.9%) being the largest segments.

For more details on Bonaire’s tourism performance, visit www.bonaireisland.com or contact us via email at info@bonaireisland.com.