Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared
preliminary tourism data for January 2026, revealing that Bonaire received 18,606
stayover visitors. This represents a slight increase of 0.04% compared to January 2025,
when 18,598 visitors arrived.
Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 48.4% of total
arrivals, with 9,004 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for
26.9% of arrivals and 5,000 visitors.
A total of 1,432 (7.7%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Canada with
938 (5%) visitors, Germany with 311 (1.7%) visitors, Aruba with 239 (1.3%) visitors, Belgium
with 206 (1.1%) visitors, Colombia with 135 (0.7%) visitors, UK with 134 (0.7%) visitors,
Switzerland with 113 (0.6%) visitors, and Brazil with 118 (0.6%) visitors.
US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation
(52.4%), diving (35.9%), and visiting friends and family (3.1%). The majority stayed at a
hotel (48.7%), a villa (16.2%), an apartment (8.5%), their own property (6.4%), or with a
relative (5.8%). US visitors primarily came from Florida, New York, California, Texas, and
North Carolina. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 65 and up accounted for
29.6% of visitors, while those aged 55-64 accounted for 27.7%.
Dutch visitors were mainly those traveling with a partner, followed by solo travelers.
Most visitors came for vacation (72.1%), visited friends and family (9.6%), and for
business (5.3%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (46.4%), followed by an apartment
(16.9%), at a relative’s (10.4%), a villa (7.1%), and their own property (4.5%). Most Dutch
visitors came from North Holland, South Holland, Gelderland, North Brabant, and
Utrecht, with the 55-64 age group (26.7%) and the 25-34 age group (16.9%) being the
largest segments.
