Bonaire welcomed 14,962 stayover visitors during May 2025

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for May 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 14,962 stayover visitors. This represents a 13.9% increase compared to May 2024, when 13,133 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 41.9% of total arrivals with 6,263 visitors. U.S. visitors were the second-largest group, making up 31% of arrivals with 4,639 visitors.

A total of 2,151 (14.4%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Aruba with 319 (2.1%) visitors, Germany with 252 (1.7%) visitors, Belgium with 149 (1%) visitors, Canada with 146 (1%) visitors, Colombia with 134 (0.9%) visitors, Switzerland with 106 (0.7%) visitors, and United Kingdom with 81 (0.5%) visitors.

Most US visitors traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (48%) and diving (36.8%). The majority stayed at a hotel (50.6%), a villa (14.5%), an apartment (7.5%), their own property (5.5%), or with a relative (3.7%). U.S. visitors primarily came from Florida, New York, Texas, Colorado, and California. The age distribution revealed that mature travelers aged 55-64 represented 22.3% of the visitors, while those aged 65 and above comprised 18.3%.

Most Dutch visitors traveled with a partner and then alone. Most visitors came for vacation (65.1%) and to visit friends and family (10.9%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (47.3%), followed by an apartment (15.3%), at a relative (10.7%), a villa (5.7%), and their own property (4.4%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (23.7%) and the 25-34 age group (19.1%) 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.