September 2026 and Year-To-Date Key Statistics
+9% vs 2025
+18% vs 2025
+18% vs 2025
+0.4 vs 2025
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September 2026 and Year-to-Date Summary
- Visitors: Total visitors were +9% in September 2026 vs last year, with year-to-date visitors +2%. Overnight leisure visits continued to grow, +18% in September 2026 and +10% year-to-date. Sea visits were +16% in September 2026, though year-to-date total sea visitors are unchanged, while total air visitors were +3% year-to-date.
- Total Passengers: Total departing passengers were +9% in September 2026 vs 2025 and +3% year-to-date.
- Sea Passengers: Total sea departing passengers were +6% year-to-date to September 2026. St Malo (+10%), Portsmouth (+8%) and Poole (+4%) increased, while Granville (-11%), Carteret (-19%) and cruise (-28%) decreased.
- Bed Nights and Length of Stay: Total bed nights were +18% in September 2026 vs 2025. The average length of stay was 5.1 nights in September 2026, vs 4.7 nights in 2025.
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.
Visitors
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey and Tourism South East.
September 2026
There were an estimated 58,000 visitors to Jersey in September 2026, +9% (+4,700) vs September 2025. Overnight leisure visits totalled 36,700 in September, +18% vs September 2025 (+5,700).
This included:
By travel type (includes all operators and routes, including private transport and cruise):
- By air: 41,400, +6% (+2,500)
- By sea: 16,700, +16% (+2,200)
Year-to-date to September 2026
An estimated 391,200 visitors to Jersey were made in the year-to-date to September 2026, +2% (+7,800) vs 2025. Overnight leisure visits totalled 226,900 year-to-date to September, +10% vs 2025 (+21,500).
This included:
By travel type (includes all operators and routes, including private transport and cruise):
- By air: 274,600, +3% (+7,900)
- By sea: 116,600, unchanged (-100)
By stay type
- Overnight visits: 355,500, +4% (+13,800)
- Day visits: 35,700, -14% (-6,000)
By purpose of visit:
- Leisure: 250,900, +8% (+19,300)
- Visiting friends/relatives: 75,800, -3% (-2,300)
- Business: 44,600, -2% (-900)
- Other: 19,900, -29% (-8,300)
By country of residence:
- United Kingdom: 274,600, +2% (+5,400)
- France: 47,600, +2% (+800)
- Other Channel Islands: 20,800, -5% (-1,000)
- Germany: 13,800, -7% (-1,000)
- Ireland: 7,900, +70% (+3,200)
(Other countries not shown due to small sample size)
Bed Nights & Length of Stay
Source: Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey and Tourism South East.
September 2026
Visitors spent an estimated 267,300 visitor bed nights in Jersey in September 2026, +18% (+40,700) vs September 2025.
- Average length of stay: 5.1 nights (vs 4.7 in 2025)
Year-to-date to September 2026
There were an estimated 1,649,000 visitor bed nights in Jersey year-to-date to September 2026, +2% (+27,600) vs 2025.
- Average length of stay: 4.6 nights (vs 4.7 in 2025)
Passenger Departures
Source: Ports of Jersey; Visitor Volume Survey, Visit Jersey, Tourism South East.
September 2026
An estimated 99,500 passengers departed Jersey in September 2026, +9% (+8,100) vs September 2025.
Visitors made up 58% of departing passengers in September 2026.
Year-to-date to September 2026
There were an estimated 770,300 departing passengers from Jersey year-to-date to September 2026, +3% (+25,100) vs 2025.
Visitors made up 51% of departing passengers year-to-date to September 2026.
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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