Bonaire welcomed 17,974 stayover visitors during February 2026

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for February 2026, revealing that Bonaire received 17,974 stayover visitors. This represents a slight increase of 0.37% compared to February 2025, when 17,908 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 47.4% of total arrivals, with 8,514 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for 26.9% of arrivals and 4,837 visitors.

A total of 1,316 (7.7%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Canada with 951 (7.3%) visitors, Germany with 352 (2%) visitors, Belgium with 203 (1.1%) visitors, Aruba with 194 (1.1%) visitors, Brazil with 129 (0.7%) visitors, Switzerland with 128 (0.7%) visitors, UK with 121 (0.7%) visitors, and Colombia with 108 (0.6%) visitors.

US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (57.8%), diving (30.9%), and visiting friends and family (2.9%). The majority stayed at a hotel (51.4%), a villa (15.4%), an apartment (7.2%), their own property (6.3%), or with a relative (5.5%). US visitors primarily came from New York, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 55-64 accounted for 27.2%, while those aged 65 and up accounted for 25.6% of visitors.

Dutch visitors were mainly those traveling with a partner, followed by solo travelers. Most visitors came for vacation (73.4%), visited friends and family (10%), and for business (4.7%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (50.1%), followed by an apartment (16.3%), at a relative’s (10%), a villa (6%), and their own property (4.3%). Most Dutch visitors came from North Holland, South Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (22.8%) and the 45-54 age group (18.3%) 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.