Bonaire welcomed 14,435 stayover visitors during August 2025

TCB Informs

 Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for August 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 14,435 stayover visitors. This represents a 15.6% increase compared to August 2024, when 12,483 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 42.9% of total arrivals, with 6,192 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, making up 30.9% of arrivals with 4,459 visitors.

A total of 1,856 (12.9%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Germany with 285 (2%) visitors, Aruba with 221 (1.5%) visitors, Belgium with 187 (1.3%) visitors, Colombia with 131 (0.9%) visitors, Canada with 117 (0.9%) visitors, Brazil with 85 (0.6%) visitors, Italy with 76 (0.5%) visitors, and UK with 74 (0.5%) visitors.

US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (48.3%) and diving (39%). The majority stayed at a hotel (56.8%), a villa (11.4%), an apartment (6.5%), their own property (6.2%), or with a relative (3.1%). US visitors primarily came from New York, Florida, California, Texas, and Pennsylvania. The age distribution revealed that travelers aged 55-64 represented 20.9% of the visitors, while those aged 45-54 comprised 20.7%.

Dutch visitors were mainly accompanied by their children, followed by those traveling alone. Most visitors came for vacation (71.4%) and visited friends and family (8.2%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (49.3%), followed by an apartment (15.5%), at a relative (9.2%), a villa (7.2%), and their own property (4.2%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, Gelderland, Utrecht, and North Brabant, with the 45-54 age group (19.4%) and the 18-24 age group (16.3%) 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.