March 2026 Key Statistics

March 2026
Visits 0

-2,200 vs 2025

    0 YTD (-10%)
Overnight leisure visits 0

+800 vs 2025

    0 YTD (no change)
Bed nights 0

-3,100 vs 2025

    0 YTD (-6%)
Avg. length of stay 0

down from 3.6 nights

    0 nights YTD (vs 4.0)

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March 2026 Summary

  • Visits: An estimated 23,800 visits were made in March 2026, 2,200 fewer than March 2025. Overnight leisure visits increased by 800 in March (+8.8% vs 2025), offset by 1,700 fewer day visits (-46% vs 2025).
  • Bed Nights and Length of Stay: There were 77,200 bed nights in March 2026, down 3,100 compared with March 2025. The average length of stay was 3.5 nights, down from 3.6 nights over the same period in 2025.
  • Passengers: In March 2026, 49,000 passengers departed Jersey, 1,300 fewer than 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 Tourism South East.

March 2026

Jersey received an estimated 23,800 visits in March 2026, 2,200 fewer than in March 2025 (-8%).

This included:

  • Overnight stays: 21,800 (-500)
  • Day visits: 2,000 (-1,700)

By travel type:

  • By air: 21,300 (-800)
  • By sea: 2,500 (-1,400)
Year-to-date to March 2026

An estimated 53,800 visits to Jersey were made in the year to March 2026, 5,900 fewer than in 2025 (-10%).

This included:

  • Overnight stays: 50,000 (-4% or -1,900)
  • Day visits: 3,900 (-50% or -4,000)

By travel type:

  • By air: 48,200 (-5% or -2,600)
  • By sea: 5,600 (-37% or -3,300)

By purpose of visit:

  • Leisure: 17,600 (-15% or -3,000)
  • Visiting friends/relatives: 17,300 (-4% or -700)
  • Business: 14,300 (-1% or -200)
  • Other: 4,600 (-30% or -2,000)

By country of residence:

  • United Kingdom: 43,600 (-5% or -2,500)
  • France: 2,900 (-45% or -2,400)
  • Other Channel Islands: 4,400 (-14% or -700)

(Other countries not shown due to small sample size)

Bed Nights & Length of Stay


Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey and Tourism South East..

March 2026

Visitors spent an estimated 77,200 visitor bed nights in Jersey in March 2026, 3,100 fewer nights than in March 2025 (-4%).

  • Average length of stay: 3.5 nights (3.6 in 2025)
Year-to-date to March 2026

In the year to March 2026, there were an estimated 195,000 visitor bed nights in Jersey, 13,200 fewer than in 2025 (-6%).

  • Average length of stay: 3.9 nights (4.0 in 2025)

Passenger Departures


Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey, 4insight and Ports of Jersey.

March 2026

An estimated 56,400 passengers departed Jersey in March 2026, 1,800 fewer than in March 2025. Passengers include residents travelling.

Visitors made up 42% of departing passengers in March 2026.

Year-to-date to March 2026

In the year to March 2026, there were an estimated 147,300 departing passengers from Jersey, 1,800 fewer than in 2025.

Visitors made up 37% 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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