TCB Informs
Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared preliminary tourism data for April 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 18,858 stayover visitors. This represents a 14.3% increase compared to April 2024, when 16,505 visitors arrived.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 39.6% of total arrivals with 7,476 visitors. U.S. visitors were the second-largest group, making up 24.8% of arrivals with 4,676 visitors.

Dia di Rincon played a significant role in attracting more visitors from Curacao and Aruba.

A total of 3,112 (16.5%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Aruba with 610 (3.2%) visitors, Canada with 600 (3.2%) visitors, Germany with 518 (2.7%) visitors, Belgium with 448 (2.4%) visitors, Switzerland with 215 (1.1%) visitors, Colombia with 154 (0.8%) visitors, and United Kingdom with 142 (0.8%) visitors.

Most US visitors traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation (53.7%) and diving (32.8%). The majority stayed at a hotel (49.7%), a villa (14.5%), an apartment (7.2%), their own property (6.3%), or with a relative (4.5%). U.S. visitors primarily came from New York, California, Florida, Texas, and North Carolina. The age distribution revealed that mature travelers aged 55-64 represented 22.6% of the visitors, and those aged 45-64 comprised 20.8%.

Most Dutch visitors traveled with a partner and then alone. Most visitors came for vacation (71.4%) and to visit friends and family (10.6%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (47.8%), followed by an apartment (12.2%), a villa (10.7%), a relative (8.4%), and their own property (4.7%). Most Dutch visitors came from South Holland, North Holland, North Brabant, Gelderland, and Utrecht, with the 45-54 age group (18.7%) and the 55-64 age group (18.1%) 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.