Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has shared
preliminary tourism data for December 2025, revealing that Bonaire received 19,540
stayover visitors. This represents a 1.9% increase compared to December 2024, when
19,170 visitors arrived.
Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 43.9% of total
arrivals, with 8,553 visitors. US visitors were the second-largest group, accounting for
31.9% of arrivals and 6,228 visitors.
A total of 1,545 (7.9%) visitors from Curaçao visited the island, followed by Canada with
848 (4.3%) visitors, Germany with 273 (1.4%) visitors, Aruba with 246 (1.3%) visitors,
Belgium with 213 (1.1%) visitors, Colombia with 170 (0.9%) visitors, Brazil with 128 (0.7%)
visitors, UK with 119 (0.6%) visitors, and Switzerland with 113 (0.6%) visitors.
US visitors mainly traveled with a partner, followed by alone. Most came for vacation
(56%), diving (31.6%), and visiting friends and family (4.2%). The majority stayed at a hotel
(48.6%), a villa (15.4%), an apartment (9.8%), their own property (7.2%), or with a relative
(5%). US visitors primarily came from New York, Florida, California, Texas, and North
Carolina. The age distribution showed that travelers aged 45-54 accounted for 20.3% of
visitors, while those aged 55-64 accounted for 19.8%.
Dutch visitors were mainly solo travelers, followed by those traveling with a partner.
Most visitors came for vacation (72%), visited friends and family (12%), and for business
(3.4%). Most visitors stayed at a hotel (45.2%), followed by an apartment (14.8%), at a
relative (11.6%), a villa (8.3%), and their own property (6.3%). Most Dutch visitors came
from North Holland, South Holland, Gelderland, North Brabant, and Utrecht, with the 55-
64 age group (19.3%) and the 45-54 age group (16.9%) being the largest segments.
