February 2026 Key Statistics
February 2026
-4,500 vs 2025
-1,400 vs 2025
-11,000 vs 2025
down from 3.9 nights
Year-to-date
-3,700 (-11%) vs 2025
-800 (-10%) vs 2025
-10,100 vs 2025
down from 4.3 nights
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February 2026 Summary
- Visits: An estimated 14,800 visits were made in February 2026, 4,500 fewer than February 2025.
- Bed Nights and Length of Stay: There were 52,800 bed nights in February 2026, down 11,000 compared with February 2025. The average length of stay was 3.8 nights, down from 3.9 nights over the same period in 2025.
- Passengers: In February 2026, 49,000 passengers departed Jersey, 1,300 fewer than the previous year.
Counting of Visits:Â The statistics represent the number of visits or passenger journeys, not the number of unique individuals. Therefore, individuals who travel multiple times within the reporting period are counted on each occasion.
Estimates and Rounding:Â These figures are estimates derived from sample surveys and are subject to sampling variability. The data are rounded to the nearest 100 to reflect the inherent uncertainty. As a result, the sum of individual components may not precisely match the reported totals.
Visits
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey and 4insight.
February 2026
Jersey received an estimated 14,800 visits in February 2026, 4,500 fewer than in February 2025 (-23%).
This included:
- Overnight stays: 13,900 (-2,500)
- Day visits: 900 (-1,900)
By travel type:
- By air: 13,100 (-2,600)
- By sea: 1,700 (-1,800)
Year-to-date to February 2026
An estimated 30,000 visits to Jersey were made in the year to February 2026, 3,700 fewer than in 2025 (-11%).
This included:
- Overnight stays: 28,000 (-5% or -1,400)
- Day visits: 1,900 (-54% or -2,300)
By travel type:
- By air: 26,900 (-6% or -1,800)
- By sea: 3,100 (-38% or -1,900)
By purpose of visit:
- Leisure: 7,700 (-24% or -2,400)
- Visiting friends/relatives: 11,500 (+1% or +100)
- Business: 8,400 (+0% or +0)
- Other: 2,400 (-36% or -1,300)
By country of residence:
- United Kingdom: 23,800 (-7% or -1,700)
- France: 2,100 (-34% or -1,000)
- Other Channel Islands: 2,500 (-14% or -400)
(Other countries not shown due to small sample size)
Bed Nights & Length of Stay
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey and 4insight.
February 2026
Visitors spent an estimated 52,800 visitor bed nights in Jersey in February 2026, 11,000 fewer nights than in February 2025 (-17%).
- Average length of stay: 3.8 nights (3.9 in 2025)
Year-to-date to February 2026
In the year to February 2026, there were an estimated 117,800 visitor bed nights in Jersey, 10,100 fewer than in 2025 (-8%).
- Average length of stay: 4.2 nights (4.3 in 2025)
Passenger Departures
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey, 4insight and Ports of Jersey.
February 2026
An estimated 49,000 passengers departed Jersey in February 2026, 1,300 fewer than in February 2025. Passengers include residents travelling.
Visitors made up 30% of departing passengers in February 2026.
Year-to-date to February 2026
In the year to February 2026, there were an estimated 90,900 departing passengers from Jersey, unchanged from 2025.
Visitors made up 33% of departing passengers year to date to February.
Downloadable Data
About the Visitor Volume Survey
The Visitor Volume Survey collects data from departing passengers to estimate total visits, trip purpose, visitor origin, and bed nights.
Key points:
- Conducted monthly at ports and airport departures
- Results weighted to match actual passenger volumes
- Visitor figures exclude returning residents
- Research ceased in March 2020 due to the pandemic and restarted in 2022
- Subject to revision as more data becomes available
- Survey estimates are derived from sample data and include a margin of error due to sampling variability
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