Bonaire welcomed 12,196 stayover visitors during September 2025

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for September 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 12,196 stayover visitors. This represents a 13.1% increase compared to September 2024, when 10,779 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 47.2% of total arrivals, with 5,760 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, making up 21.3% of arrivals with 2,601 visitors.

A total of 1,878 (15.4%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Aruba with 367 (3%) visitors, Germany with 269 (2.2%) visitors, Colombia with 141 (1.2%) visitors, Belgium with 106 (0.9%) visitors, Brazil with 85 (0.8%) visitors, Canada with 80 (0.7%) visitors, Argentina with 80 (0.7%) visitors, and Switzerland with 73 (0.6%) visitors.

US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for diving (46.3%) and vacation (40.5%). The majority stayed at a hotel (60.7%), a villa (8.4%), their own property (6.2%), an apartment (5.4%), or with a relative (3.6%). US visitors primarily came from Florida, New York, Texas, California, and North Carolina. The age distribution revealed that travelers aged 55-64 represented 29.2% of the visitors, while those aged 65 and above comprised 21.3%.

Dutch visitors were mainly accompanied by a partner, followed by those traveling alone. Most visitors came for vacation (68.7%) and visited friends and family (9.2%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (53.9%), followed by an apartment (11%), at a relative (8.1%), a villa (6.5%), and their own property (4.6%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (25.6%) and the 25-34 age group (23.5%) 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.