The Central Bureau of Statistics releases Bonaire’s 2016 tourism statistics indicating stability. 2016 Arrivals by air and via cruise ship. In 2016, Bonaire received approximately 136,000 tourists who arriving by air. This number is, more or less, the same as in 2015. A total of 217,000 cruise ship
Read moreWashington Slagbaai National Park temporarily closed. Unfortunately, Bonaire’s Washington Slagbaai National Park remains temporarily closed as the northern part of the island received torrential rains on Friday, April 14th, 2017. Rainfall in the park totaled 65.3 mm/2.57 inches in three hours, causing flooding and damage to the roads.
Read moreVisitors can pick up free WiFi via a hot-spot in Kralendijk’s Wilhelmina Park. Last week, officials from Island Government, Tourism Corporation Bonaire, and Digicel launched a new service for Bonaire’s visitors and residents who are frequently in Wilhelmina Park, in downtown Kralendijk. Effective immediately, a free WiFi hot-spot
Read moreWashington Slagbaai National Park re-opens after Bonaire’s recent rains. Washington Park is once again open to all traffic as of today, January 19th. The park was recently forced to close after frequent rains, which affected the roads throughout the park. Additionally, STINAPA has announced that the park will
Read moreBonaire has just been awarded another major accolade, the Silver Quality Coast Award. Recently, The Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. Henk Kamp, awarded Bonaire with the Silver Quality Coast Award, presented to the island’s Director of Tourism, Mr. Maurice Adriaens, during a recent Bonaire Economic Conference. About the
Read moreLast evening on the pier table at Sebastian’s Restaurant, Austin and Lorrie Headland were honored by Rolando Marin, of the Tourism Corporation Bonaire, for their dedicated annual visits to Bonaire. The couple has been visiting Bonaire each year for over 21 years, and in some years, visited twice.
Read moreAs reported by Statistics Netherlands, Bonaire received 5% more air passengers as tourists in the first half of 2015 than in the same period in 2014. In the first half of 2015, 68.8 thousand tourists landed on Bonaire, an increase of over 5% compared to the first six
Read moreSince 1998, InfoBonaire has been providing the latest news and information about tourism to Bonaire. The new website continues to include important information on planning a visit to Bonaire, including how to get to Bonaire, available accommodations, or activities for your vacation to the island. However, the new
Read moreVisitors to Bonaire habitually are always eager to find new areas of the island to explore, and now that is even easier with the newly opened driving, hiking, and cycling trails of the Bara di Karta area. Covering a large swath of the eastern coast in the middle of
Read moreThe RCN has just completed compiling tourism statistics for the island of Bonaire, and all aspects of the island’s tourism were stable in 2014. In 2014, an average of 11,000 tourists per month traveled to Bonaire by air; for the entire year of 2014, the number was approximately
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