May 2026 Key Statistics

May 2026
Visits 0

-400 vs 2025

    0 YTD (-1%)
Overnight leisure visits 0

+4,800 vs 2025

    0 YTD (+15%)
Bed nights 0

-3,500 vs 2025

    0 YTD (-1%)
Avg. length of stay 0

-0.5 vs 2025

    0 nights YTD (vs 4.4)

📅 Release date: 06 July 2026 | 📅 Next release date: 05 August 2026

May 2026 Summary

  • Visits: Overnight leisure visits increased by 4,800 in May (+18% vs 2025) and were up 15% year to date to 67,300. Total visits were down slightly (-1%) in May and were also slightly down year to date (-1%) due to a fall in day visitors (-60%). Air visits were up 3% year to date, offset by a fall in sea visitors (-13%).
  • Bed Nights and Length of Stay: There were 204,000 bed nights in May 2026, 3,500 fewer than May 2025. The average length of stay was 4.1 nights, decreasing from 4.6 nights over the same period in 2025.
  • Passengers: In May 2026, 99,200 passengers departed Jersey, 6,000 more than the previous year. Departing passengers were up 2% year to date.

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.

May 2026

Jersey received an estimated 52,400 visits in May 2026, 400 fewer than in May 2025 (-1%).

This included:

  • Overnight stays: 49,200 (+4,300)
  • Day visits: 3,200 (-4,700)

By travel type:

  • By air: 35,600 (+1,200)
  • By sea: 16,800 (-1,600)

Overnight leisure visits totalled 31,800 in May, up 4,800.

Year-to-date to May 2026

An estimated 141,000 visits to Jersey were made in the year to May 2026, 1,100 fewer than in 2025 (-1%).

This included:

  • Overnight stays: 130,400 (+15% or +8,500)
  • Day visits: 10,400 (-43% or -8,000)

By travel type:

  • By air: 109,900 (+3% or +3,300)
  • By sea: 30,900 (-13% or -4,400)

By purpose of visit:

  • Leisure: 71,300 (+3% or +2,000)
  • Visiting friends/relatives: 33,800 (unchanged)
  • Business: 23,500 (+4% or +800)
  • Other: 12,300 (-24% or -3,800)

By country of residence:

  • United Kingdom: 103,800 (+4% or +3,500)
  • France: 14,100 (-26% or -4,900)
  • Other Channel Islands: 10,400 (+15% or +1,400)

(Other countries not shown due to small sample size)

Overnight leisure visits total 67,300 year to date to May, up 15% (+8,500)

Bed Nights & Length of Stay


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

May 2026

Visitors spent an estimated 204,000 visitor bed nights in Jersey in May 2026, 3,500 fewer than May 2025 (-2%).

  • Average length of stay: 4.1 nights (4.6 in 2025)
Year-to-date to May 2026

In the year to May 2026, there were an estimated 531,100 visitor bed nights in Jersey, 7,000 fewer than in 2025 (-1%).

  • Average length of stay: 4.1 nights (4.4 in 2025)

Passenger Departures


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

May 2026

An estimated 99,200 passengers departed Jersey in May 2026, 6,000 more than in May 2025. Passengers include residents travelling.

Visitors made up 53% of departing passengers in May 2026.

Year-to-date to May 2026

In the year to May 2026, there were an estimated 324,200 departing passengers from Jersey, 7,500 more than in 2025.

Visitors made up 43% of departing passengers year to date to May.

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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