Bonaire welcomed 16,653 stayover visitors during July 2025

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for July 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 16,653 stayover visitors. This represents a 16.3% increase compared to July 2024, when 14,320 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 46.3% of total arrivals, with 7,710 visitors. U.S. visitors were the second-largest group, making up 27.4% of arrivals with 4,565 visitors.

A total of 2,131 (12.8%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Belgium with 362 (2.2%) visitors, Aruba with 278 (1.7%) visitors, Switzerland with 196 (1.2%) visitors, Germany with 174 (1%) visitors, Canada with 163 (1%) visitors, Colombia with 149 (0.9%) visitors, Brazil with 119 (0.7%) visitors, and UK with 76 (0.5%) visitors.

Most US visitors traveled alone, followed by with a partner. Most came for vacation (50.2%) and diving (35.4%). The majority stayed at a hotel (52%), a villa (12.4%), their own property (7.2%), an apartment (6.5%), or with a relative (4.3%). U.S. visitors primarily came from New York, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, and California. The age distribution revealed that travelers aged 45-54 represented 20.2% of the visitors, while those aged 55-64 comprised 18.6%.

Most Dutch visitors traveled with their children, followed by those who traveled alone. Most visitors came for vacation (75%) and to visit friends and family (8%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (44%), followed by an apartment (14.8%), at a relative (10.9%), a villa (9.1%), and their own property (6%). Most Dutch visitors came from North Holland, South Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 45-54 age group (20.6%) and the 18-24 age group (16.6%) 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.