January 2026 Key Statistics
January 2026
+800 vs 2025
+600
+900 vs 2025
down from 4.9 nights
📅 Release date: 10 March 2026 | 📅 Next release date: 08 April 2026
January 2026 Summary
- Visits: An estimated 15,100 visits were made in January 2026, up 800 compared with January 2025.
- Bed Nights and Length of Stay: There were 65,000 bed nights in January 2026, up 900 compared with January 2025. The average length of stay was 4.6 nights, down from 4.9 nights over the same period in 2025.
- Passengers: In January 2026, 41,900 passengers departed Jersey, 1,300 more 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.
January 2026
Jersey received an estimated 15,100 visits in January 2026, 800 more than in January 2025 (+5%).
This included:
- Overnight stays: 14,100 (+1,100)
- Day visits: 1,100 (-300)
By travel type:
- By air: 13,700 (+900)
- By sea: 1,400 (-100)
There were an estimated 3,300 overnight leisure visits in January 2026, 600 more than in January 2025.
Year-to-date to January 2026
Same as monthly figures.
Bed Nights & Length of Stay
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey and 4insight.
January 2026
Visitors spent an estimated 65,000 visitor bed nights in Jersey in January 2026, 900 more than in January 2025 (+1%).
- Average length of stay: 4.6 nights (down from 4.9 in 2025)
Year-to-date to January 2026
Same as monthly figures.
Passenger Departures
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey, 4insight and Ports of Jersey.
January 2026
An estimated 41,900 passengers departed Jersey in January 2026, 1,300 more than in January 2025. Passengers include residents travelling.
Visitors made up 36% of departing passengers in January 2026.
Year-to-date to January 2026
Same as monthly figures.
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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