Bonaire stay-over tourism grows by 9% in October compared to the year before

The US Market in October was again the second most important, with the Netherlands continuing as the single biggest market.
The US Market in October was again the second most important, with the Netherlands continuing as the single biggest market. Photo: ABC Online Media

KRALENDIJK – Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has released preliminary tourism figures for the month of October 2025. These show that Bonaire received 15,717 stay-over visitors. This represents a 9.1% increase compared to October 2024, when 14,406 visitors came to the island.

Visitors from the Netherlands formed the largest group, accounting for 49.8% of the total (7,832). Travelers from the United States were the second-largest group with 18.5% (2,905).

In total, 2,662 visitors (16.9%) traveled from Curaçao to the island, followed by Aruba with 365 visitors (2.3%), Belgium with 339 visitors (2.2%), Germany with 279 visitors (1.8%), Switzerland with 123 visitors (0.8%), Colombia with 114 visitors (0.7%), Canada with 99 visitors (0.6%), the United Kingdom with 88 visitors (0.6%) and Brazil with 83 visitors (0.5%).


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