March 2025
-1,300
-6,900
No change from 3.6
Year-to-date
-200 (-0%)
-12,000 (-5%)
(no change from 4.0)
📅 Release date: 13 June 2025
Key Visitor Insights
March 2025 Summary
- Visits: There were 26,200 visits to Jersey in March 2025, a 1,300 fall compared with March 2024. Visits in the first quarter of 2025 (January – March) were flat compared with the previous year.
- Bed Nights and Length of Stay: Visitor bed nights in Jersey in March 2025 fell by 6,900 due to the fall in visits. The length of stay remained at the same level as in 2024 (3.6 nights).
- Passengers: In March 2025, 58,200 passengers departed Jersey, a fall of 5,600 from the previous year.
Counting of Visits: 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: 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.
March 2025
Jersey received an estimated 26,200 visits in March 2025, 1,300 fewer than in March 2024 (-5%).
This included:
- Overnight stays: 22,300 (-2,100)
- Day visits: 3,800 (+800)
By travel type:
- By air: 22,100 (+2,800)
- By sea: 4,000 (-4,100)
Year-to-date to March
An estimated 59,600 visits to Jersey were made in the year to March 2025, 200 fewer than in 2024 (-0%).
This included:
- Overnight stays: 51,900 (-6% or -3,300)
- Day visits: 7,600 (+69% or +3,100)
By travel type:
- By air: 50,800 (+5% or +2,700)
- By sea: 8,800 (-23% or -2,600)
By purpose of visit:
- Leisure: 20,400 (-15% or -3700)
- Visiting friends/relatives: 18,100 (+2% or +400)
- Business: 14,600 (+25% or +2,900)
- Other: 6,500 (+1% or +100)
By country of residence:
- United Kingdom: 46,100 (+6% or +2,400)
- Other Channel Islands: 5,200 (-16% or -1,000)
- France: 5,200 (-24% or -1,600)
(Other countries not shown due to small sample size)
Bed Nights & Length of Stay
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey and 4insight.
March 2025
Visitors spent an estimated 80,500 visitor bed nights in Jersey in March 2025, 6,900 fewer nights than in March 2024 (-8%).
- Average length of stay: 3.6 nights (3.6 in 2024)
Year-to-date to March
In the year to March 2025, there were an estimated 209,500 visitor bed nights in Jersey, 12,000 fewer than in 2024 (-5%).
- Average length of stay: 4.0 nights (4.0 in 2024)
Passenger Departures
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey, 4insight and Ports of Jersey.
March 2025
An estimated 58,200 passengers departed Jersey in March 2025, 8,000 fewer than in March 2024. Passengers include residents travelling.
Visitors made up 45% of departing passengers in March 2025.
Year-to-date to March
In the year to March 2025, there were an estimated 149,200 departing passengers from Jersey, 5,600 fewer than in 2024 (-4%).
Visitors made up 40% of departing passengers year to date to March.
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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