Preliminary numbers: Bonaire welcomed 13,387 stayover visitors during June 2026

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for June 2026, revealing that Bonaire received 13,387 stayover visitors. This represents a decrease of 1.6% compared to June 2025, when 13,606 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 40.3% of total arrivals, with 5,389 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for 31.1% of arrivals and 4,163 visitors.

A total of 1,893 (14.1%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Aruba with 264 (2%) visitors, Belgium with 230 (1.7%) visitors, Colombia with 166 (1.2%) visitors, Germany with 153 (1.1%) visitors, Canada with 100 (0.7%) visitors, Switzerland with 94 (0.7%) visitors, Argentina with 94 (0.7%) visitors, and Brazil with 84 (0.6%) visitors.

US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (48.5%), diving (40.3%), and visiting friends and family (3.1%). The majority stayed at a hotel (58.6%), a villa (11.6%), their own property (7.3%), an apartment (5.6%), or with a relative (4.1%). US visitors primarily came from Florida, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 45-64 accounted for 20.6%, while those aged 55-64 accounted for 19.8%.

Dutch visitors were mainly solo travelers, followed by those traveling with a partner. Most visitors came for vacation (70%), visited friends and family (10.4%), and for business (6.8%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (51.3%), followed by an apartment (13%), at a relative’s (11%), their own property (5.4%), and a villa (4.5%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (23.5%) and 25-34 age group (20.6%) 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.