TCB Informs
Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for November 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 16,752 stayover visitors. This represents a 2.8% increase compared to November 2024, when 16,302 visitors arrived.
Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 46.3% of total arrivals, with 7,761 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for 27.1% of arrivals and 4,541 visitors.
A total of 1,901 (11.3%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Germany with 381 (2.3%) visitors, Canada with 342 (2%) visitors, Belgium with 246 (1.5%) visitors, Aruba with 231 (1.4%) visitors, Colombia with 149 (0.9%) visitors, Switzerland with 147 (0.9%) visitors, Brazil with 105 (0.6%) visitors, and UK with 69 (0.4%) visitors.
US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (45.5%), diving (42.2%), and visiting friends and family (2.3%). The majority stayed at a hotel (53%), a villa (13.2%), an apartment (7.9%), their own property (6.6%), or with a relative (3.8%). US visitors primarily came from New York, Florida, Texas, California, and North Carolina. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 55-64 accounted for 25.2% of visitors, while those aged 65 and above accounted for 20.7%.
Dutch visitors were mainly solo travelers, followed by those traveling with a partner. Most visitors came for vacation (67.2%), visited friends and family (10.7%), and for business (8.3%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (47.4%), followed by an apartment (16.5%), at a relative (9.8%), a villa (7%), and their own property (5.4%). Most Dutch visitors came from North Holland, South Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (25.9%) and the 45-54 age group (17.8%) 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.
