Bonaire welcomed 13,606 stayover visitors during June 2025

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for June 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 13,606 stayover visitors. This represents a 12.2% increase compared to June 2024, when 12,117 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 38.7% of total arrivals, with 5,207 visitors. U.S. visitors were the second-largest group, making up 34.8% of arrivals with 4,732 visitors.

A total of 1,965 (14.4%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Aruba with 274 (2%) visitors, Germany with 199 (1.5%) visitors, Belgium with 182 (1.3%) visitors, Colombia with 148 (1.1%) visitors, Canada with 84 (0.6%) visitors, Switzerland with 82 (0.6%) visitors, and Brazil with 61 (0.4%) visitors.

Most US visitors traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (49.1%) and diving (37.9%). The majority stayed at a hotel (55.6%), a villa (14%), their own property (6%), an apartment (5.2%), or with a relative (3.8%). U.S. visitors primarily came from Florida, Texas, New York, California, and Pennsylvania. The age distribution revealed that mature travelers aged 45-54 represented 21.8% of the visitors, while those aged 55-64 comprised 17.7%.

Most Dutch visitors traveled with a partner and then alone. Most visitors came for vacation (70%) and to visit friends and family (9.4%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (50.2%), followed by an apartment (14.2%), at a relative (11.2%), their own property (5.2%), and a villa (4.4%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (21.9%) and the 25-34 age group (20.8%) 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.