Bonaire welcomed 18,778 stayover visitors during April 2026

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for April 2026, revealing that Bonaire received 18,778 stayover visitors. This represents a slight decrease of 0.4% compared to April 2025, when 18,858 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 43.5% of total arrivals, with 8,176 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for 22% of arrivals and 4,140 visitors.

A total of 3,381 (18%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Belgium with 527 (2.8%) visitors, Aruba with 507 (2.7%) visitors, Canada with 388 (2.1%) visitors, Germany with 274 (1.5%) visitors, Switzerland with 219 (1.2%) visitors, Colombia with 136 (0.7%) visitors, Brazil with 134 (0.7%) visitors, and UK with 128 (0.7%) visitors.

US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (51.5%), diving (37.1%), and visiting friends and family (2.4%). The majority stayed at a hotel (52.7%), a villa (14.3%), an apartment (7.9%), their own property (6.2%), or with a relative (4.3%). US visitors primarily came from California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, and New Jersey. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 55-64 accounted for 22.2%, while those aged 45-54 accounted for 19.5%.

Dutch visitors were mainly solo travelers, followed by those traveling with a partner. Most visitors came for vacation (72.3%), visited friends and family (10.6%), and for business (5.4%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (49.8%), followed by an apartment (13.3%), at a relative’s (11.3%), a villa (8.2%), and their own property (4.5%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 45-54 age group (18.5%) and the 55-64 age group (17%) 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.