The total number of tourist arrivals in Curaçao increased significantly in 2023 over the previous year, recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, tourist arrivals on the Caribbean island peaked at roughly 1.3 million in 2023. That said, while travelers who stayed overnight exceeded pre-pandemic levels, cruise arrivals in Curaçao remained below the figure reported in 2019, totaling around 711 thousand in 2023.

Historical dataset showing Curacao tourist spending by year from 1995 to 2020.

Curacao DD: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data was reported at 1,293,000.000 Person in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,210,000.000 Person for 2018. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data is updated yearly, averaging 664,000.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2019, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,293,000.000 Person in 2019 and a record low of 387,000.000 Person in 1996. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

The statistic displays the number of inbound tourists of Curaçao in 2016 and 2017, by country of origin. In both 2016 and 2017, the volume of inbound tourists to Curaçao from the Netherlands was consistently highest. Over ******* tourists from the Netherlands visited Curaçao in 2017, whereas the number of tourists who arrived from Brazil was lowest, with approximately 10,000 inbound tourists from Brazil visiting Curaçao in the same year.

Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data was reported at 281.000 USD mn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 703.000 USD mn for 2019. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 547.000 USD mn from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2020, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 703.000 USD mn in 2019 and a record low of 281.000 USD mn in 2020. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts data was reported at 282.000 USD mn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 706.000 USD mn for 2019. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 305.500 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 820.000 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 175.000 USD mn in 1995. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

There were a total of 105,593 North American tourists visiting Curaçao in 2022. Specifically, the Caribbean island welcomed about 93 thousand visitors from the United States and 12 thousand visitors from Canada that year. This represented an increase in inbound travelers from North America compared to the previous years when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused the number to drop to 32 thousand in 2020.

Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 7.432 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 17.631 % for 2019. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 15.344 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.528 % in 2016 and a record low of 7.432 % in 2020. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.;Weighted average;

This table shows the percentage of visitors by nationality (as a proxy for country of residence) who visit Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba by plane (inbound tourism). Visitors arriving by boat, such as cruise, ferry and yacht, are not counted. A visitor can be a day visitor (no overnight stay on the island) or a tourist (at least one overnight stay on the island).

Data available from: 2012

Status of the figures: The figures for 2023 are provisional. The rest of the figures are final.

Changes as of April 2024: The provisional figures for the year 2023 have been updated. These provisional figures are based on data of the fourth quarter of 2023.

When will new figures be published? The new figures will be published within three months after expiration of the period available.

In 2020, Curaçao received only around *** thousand foreign visitor arrivals, of which ** percent corresponded to excursionists traveling for one day to the Caribbean island. Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the volume of inbound tourism in the constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands had shown a steady increase to nearly *** million visitor arrivals.

Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data was reported at 102.000 USD mn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 341.000 USD mn for 2019. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 288.500 USD mn from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2020, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 384.000 USD mn in 2018 and a record low of 102.000 USD mn in 2020. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: for Passenger Transport Items data was reported at 1.000 USD mn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.000 USD mn for 2019. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: for Passenger Transport Items data is updated yearly, averaging 37.000 USD mn from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2020, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 195.000 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of 1.000 USD mn in 2020. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: for Passenger Transport Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for passenger transport items are expenditures by international inbound visitors for all services provided in the international transportation by resident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

In 2022, Curaçao received about 278 thousand European tourists, a significant increase from the previous year. Until 2020, with the exception of a slight decrease in 2017, the volume of inbound European tourists to Curaçao increased annually between 2010 and 2019. In 2019, approximately 244 thousand European tourists arrived in Curaçao, whereas in 2020 the number of European tourists to Curaçao decreased to roughly 112 thousand arrivals.

Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data was reported at 27.798 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 39.775 % for 2019. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 34.175 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.775 % in 2019 and a record low of 25.685 % in 2011. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank exports estimates.;Weighted average;

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Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures data was reported at 127.000 USD mn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 411.000 USD mn for 2019. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures data is updated yearly, averaging 282.000 USD mn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2020, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 452.000 USD mn in 2018 and a record low of 127.000 USD mn in 2020. Curacao DD: International Tourism: Expenditures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Curacao – Table CW.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in Curacao was reported at 102000000 USD in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Curacao - International tourism, expenditures for travel items - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

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