Bonaire welcomed 19,594 stayover visitors during March 2025

TCB Informs

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for March 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 19,594 stayover visitors. This represents a 7.8% increase compared to March 2024, when 18,169 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 40% of total arrivals with 8,228 visitors. U.S. visitors were the second-largest group, making up 33.2% of arrivals with 6,514 visitors.

A total of 1,675 (8.5%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Canada with 880 (4.5%) visitors, Germany with 441 (2.3%) visitors, Aruba with 262 (1.3%) visitors, Belgium with 239 (1.2%) visitors, Switzerland with 145 (0.7%) visitors, United Kingdom with 133 (0.7%) visitors, and Colombia with 112 (0.6%) visitors.

Most US visitors traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (53.5%), and diving (32.6%). The majority stayed at a hotel (48.2%), a villa (16.4%), an apartment (8.1%), their own property (4.9%), or with a relative (3.6%). U.S. visitors primarily came from New York, Florida, California, Texas, and Pennsylvania. The age distribution revealed that mature travelers aged 55-64 represented 21.7% of the visitors, and those aged 45-64 comprised 20.6%.

The majority of Dutch visitors traveled with a partner and then alone. Most visitors came for vacation (69.1%), and to visit friends and family (10.7%). The majority of visitors stayed at a hotel (47.4%), followed by an apartment (15.3%), a relative (11.1%), a villa (5.6%), 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 (26.6%) and the 45-54 age group (17.9%) 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.