Bonaire welcomed 16,752 stayover visitors during November 2025

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.