Preliminary numbers: Bonaire welcomed 13,701 stayover visitors during August 2026

TCB Informs

 Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for August 2026, revealing that Bonaire received 13,701 stayover visitors. This represents a 5% decrease from August 2025, when 14,435 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 44.6% of total arrivals, with 6,114 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for 27.3% of arrivals and 3,738 visitors.

A total of 1,591 (11.6%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Germany with 309 (2.3%) visitors, Aruba with 268 (2%) visitors, Italy with 172 (1.3%) visitors, Belgium with 159 (1.2%) visitors, Colombia with 149 (1.1%) visitors, Canada with 126 (0.9%) visitors, Argentina with 123 (0.9%) visitors, and Brazil with 117 (0.9%) visitors.

US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by traveling alone. Most came for vacation (50.6%), diving (36.2%), and visiting friends and family (2.5%). The majority stayed at a hotel (57.4%), a villa (13%), an apartment (6.5%), their own property (5.1%), or with a relative (3.6%). US visitors primarily came from Florida, Texas, New York, North Carolina, and California. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 55-64 accounted for 21.3%, while those aged 45-54 accounted for 19.4%.

Dutch visitors were mainly solo travelers, followed by families with children. Most visitors came for vacation (72.6%), visited friends and family (8%), and for business (5.7%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (50.6%), followed by an apartment (14.4%), a villa (8.4%), a relative’s (8.3%), and their own property (4.3%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, Gelderland, North Brabant, and Utrecht, with the 45-54 age group (18.3%) and 18 – 24 (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.