TCB Informs
Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for May 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 14,962 stayover visitors. This represents a 13.9% increase compared to May 2024, when 13,133 visitors arrived.
Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 41.9% of total arrivals with 6,263 visitors. U.S. visitors were the second-largest group, making up 31% of arrivals with 4,639 visitors.
A total of 2,151 (14.4%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Aruba with 319 (2.1%) visitors, Germany with 252 (1.7%) visitors, Belgium with 149 (1%) visitors, Canada with 146 (1%) visitors, Colombia with 134 (0.9%) visitors, Switzerland with 106 (0.7%) visitors, and United Kingdom with 81 (0.5%) visitors.
Most US visitors traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (48%) and diving (36.8%). The majority stayed at a hotel (50.6%), a villa (14.5%), an apartment (7.5%), their own property (5.5%), or with a relative (3.7%). U.S. visitors primarily came from Florida, New York, Texas, Colorado, and California. The age distribution revealed that mature travelers aged 55-64 represented 22.3% of the visitors, while those aged 65 and above comprised 18.3%.
Most Dutch visitors traveled with a partner and then alone. Most visitors came for vacation (65.1%) and to visit friends and family (10.9%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (47.3%), followed by an apartment (15.3%), at a relative (10.7%), a villa (5.7%), 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 (23.7%) and the 25-34 age group (19.1%) 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.