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Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

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Explore Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba’s travel history, market conditions, community connections, and the people who can help you take a useful next step.

A COUNTRY STORY THROUGH TRAVEL · 2013–2018

Follow the years. Find the next useful question.

Residents of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba accounted for 859 recorded U.S. arrivals in 2018. Follow the years to see how this relationship has changed—and decide which business question deserves a closer look.

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEBES→ USANational arrival events
2018 ARRIVALS TO THE U.S.859Source annual total · Trips, including repeat visits
2018 COMPARED WITH 2019Not availableA positive numeric baseline is required
ANNUAL RECORD COVERAGE6Years with numeric source annual values
HISTORY RETAINED6 yearsNo arrival rank is assigned by this adapter
ANNUAL ARRIVALS TO THE UNITED STATES8592018
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: U.S. arrivals by country of residence, 2013–2018Source annual totals. The vertical axis starts at zero. Missing values and years are gaps. The complete data table follows the chart.0240.5481721.6962.12013: 92014: 2932015: 3332016: 2922017: 3322018: 859201320162018

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2013–2018 · Source annual observations. Country of residence → United States. Trips can include repeat travelers.
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Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba · Annual arrivals · 2013–2018
YearArrivalsSource status
20139Source annual status not separately assessed
2014293Source annual status not separately assessed
2015333Source annual status not separately assessed
2016292Source annual status not separately assessed
2017332Source annual status not separately assessed
2018859Source annual status not separately assessed
FIRST NUMERIC ANNUAL RECORD

2013

9Recorded arrival events
HIGHEST TOTAL IN THIS RECORD

2018

859Recorded arrival events
LATEST SOURCE ANNUAL TOTAL

2018

859Recorded arrival events
THE LONG VIEW

What changed over a decade—or two?

Compare the exact years shown. A missing or zero starting value is not used to invent a percentage change.

This series does not have the required endpoints for a 10-, 20-, or 25-year change.

A RECENT CHECKPOINT · JANUARY–AUGUST

Read each eight-month window on its own.

Keep this eight-month view separate from full-year totals. July and August 2026 are preliminary.

2025 · January–August
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2026 · January–August
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WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS QUESTION

Turn the pattern into a purposeful conversation.

Read the direction.

Use Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba’s available years to identify the questions that need current local research.

Check demand for your offer

Plan the calendar.

A complete recent three-year monthly window is unavailable. Ask hosts about timing and confirm current travel conditions before setting dates.

Find the people behind the place.

Pair the travel story with Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba’s country facts, available U.S. community views, and organizations that can arrange introductions. Keep visitor trips and resident populations as separate evidence.

Build your business question
The wider history around these years

These events provide background. They do not establish the cause of a change in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba’s travel series.

2001

Aviation disruption

The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop after the September 11 attacks.

FAA history
2007–2009

An economic downturn

The U.S. recession lasted from December 2007 through June 2009.

BLS historical review
2020

The pandemic period

WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

WHO pandemic history
2021

A new travel-policy phase

A new U.S. international air-travel policy took effect on November 8, 2021.

Archived CDC announcement

The 2021 link describes historical rules, not current entry requirements.

Sources, definitions, and the complete historical record
Measured relationship
Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba residents arriving in the United States. National arrival events, not unique people, citizenship counts, or city visits.
Source and release
NTTO I-94 Country of Residence · NDS presentation V1.0.1 · Frozen monthly release through August 2026; annual source through 2025.
What the changes mean
Long-view and reference-year changes are calculated by NDS from the unchanged source values. They are separate from source-published YoY records. Full years compare with full years; January–August compares with January–August. A zero baseline has no calculated percentage change.
Names and geography
Website name: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba · Source label: Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba. Reviewed name link: Expanded territory name. Original source classification and ranking eligibility remain unchanged. Historical source definitions and country boundaries can change; a name link does not adjust that history.
Rankings and conclusions
Any rank shown is the stored NDS arrivals-volume rank, with its original period and denominator. It is not an official NTTO rank or a commercial-diplomacy score. Travel activity can guide research; it does not attribute visits or sales to a chamber, trade mission, or Sister City agreement.
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FROM COUNTRY FACTS TO YOUR BUSINESS QUESTION

What could this mean
for your work with Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba?

Choose one goal. Use the evidence to prepare a better conversation.

Who might buy?

A separate country value is not connected

Start with a named buyer group in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Ask what it needs, what it can pay, and how it buys.

Investigate customers

How could you deliver?

A separate country value is not connected

A comparable trade-share value is missing here. Build a specific supply and delivery plan for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba rather than filling that gap with an assumption.

Investigate suppliers

What could you build together?

A separate country value is not connected

A national investment figure is a starting point. For Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, look for a specific business, university, workforce need, or project where both sides can contribute.

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Who could open the door?

Start with a verified local host

Use the city facts and diplomacy networks to find a named contact for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Check its current services and agree who will keep the conversation moving.

Find business support
Explore Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba’s economyCity facts & languagesU.S. community connectionsPlan a focused missionCompare places to export your goods or services

Economic facts: World Bank WDI, with each observation year shown. Location records: supplied Global Chamber™ 2026 reference; current services require confirmation. Country averages and community estimates help frame questions; they do not identify a qualified buyer or establish an active partnership.

TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS · A ROUTE TO THE RELATIONSHIP

Move goods.
Connect people.

Physical connections help make international opportunity practical. Airports and ports show gateways to investigate. Road and rail links help explain how goods and people can reach a business, a meeting, or a community beyond the gateway.

AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

3 covered airport references.

The supplied lookup includes airport locations for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Use their names, codes, and recorded types to choose where to investigate passenger or cargo access.

  • EUX: F. D. Roosevelt Airport · Oranjestad
  • BON: Flamingo International Airport · Kralendijk
  • SAB: Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport · Zion's Hill
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THE WHOLE JOURNEY

What connects the gateway to your destination?

Road: Who can handle pickup, delivery, border crossings, and the last mile?

Rail: Is there a freight or passenger connection that fits the route and timing?

Transfers: Where will goods change hands? Who handles customs, storage, insurance, and follow-up?

These route questions help turn infrastructure evidence into a costed plan. This source package does not contain road or rail network measurements.

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A SHIPPING CONNECTION TO INVESTIGATE

Ports connect the market to the wider world.

The supplied port-link reference includes 1 port codes for this geography and links to 3 other countries or territories. Use the connections to prepare questions about shipping, suppliers, and routes to market.

3 distinct port pairs involve this geography: 3 cross-border and 0 domestic pairs. Mirrored and repeated records are consolidated before counting.

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BQKRA

Linked countries and territories in the reference

Before choosing a route: the archive does not state its observation period or flow unit. These links are research leads; confirm service, capacity, cost, and timing with a carrier or logistics provider. No flow value enters an index score.

Across the complete file: 20,554 records, 9,995 distinct port pairs, 836 port codes, 169 country or territory codes. Source: supplied port_flows shapefile; agency and methodology not stated in the archive.

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Airport lookup: 9,057 source records across 237 country codes, plus 31 without a country code. Reviewed October 23, 2026; source observation date not supplied. Locations and recorded types support infrastructure research. Confirm current services and capacity with the relevant operator. This reference enrichment does not recalculate index scores.

Owner research preview · 2023 reference evidence · Public and commercial release under review

BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA · BES

AI preparedness
and digital participation.

Can people and businesses take part in the AI economy? Explore the conditions for tools, skills, new ideas, and responsible use. Then ask what a useful local partnership would need.

Not availableNo record in this source editionThis place remains in the country directory

A place can matter even when a measure is missing.

The supplied IMF edition has no record for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. That does not mean low preparedness. Use the country facts, community connections, and local institutions to keep researching.

What could you do with this context?

Start with a business need. You might need a training partner, a digital supplier, a research team, or someone who can explain the market’s rules. These are NDS planning questions, not opportunities proven by an index value.

A preparedness value describes conditions in a country. To decide whether to do business, also check customers, costs, industry evidence, and people who can help you follow through.

The U.S. companion covers business survey evidence. It does not describe AI use in this country.

Check the source, dates, and review status

Source: International Monetary Fund, AI Preparedness Index (AIPI), 2023 reference year. Open the official dataset · Read the methodological note.

The official note confirms 2023. NDS recorded this check on 2026-10-22. The preserved database’s original vintage flag remains “PENDING”; its source records were not rewritten. This website’s additive review records the confirmed reference year.

Coverage: No record in this source edition. The module does not assign an AI leadership rank, estimate local adoption, or change any CDI or Sister City score.

Release status: prepared for owner-private review. Public/commercial reuse approval is not recorded. IMF reuse terms apply; source data are available free from the IMF. No IMF endorsement is implied.

Data edition: 1.0.0-owner-review. No source row was created for this place.

PEOPLE CONNECT PLACES

Shared heritage with U.S. communities.

Community presence can help you choose where to begin listening, learning, or planning a visit. Start with the people and places behind the number. A resident estimate is a way to explore an area; participation begins with a willing person or group.

A separate Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba country-of-birth ranking is not available in this connected release. You can still explore the ZIP community summaries and other published community views. Missing coverage is not a zero population.

A city market groups ZIP areas assigned to a primary city and state. These are not municipal-boundary or CBSA metro totals. The source’s public market threshold is 50,000 residents. Only published positive estimates appear; smaller, missing, or unlisted areas are not assigned zero. Margins of error are not supplied for these rollups, and nearby ranks may not represent a meaningful statistical difference.

Explore this country’s available community views · Explore Indigenous identity views · Search ZIP community summaries.

Community feed version 1.0.0. The existing Commercial Diplomacy, Sister City, and Follow Your Heart index scores remain unchanged.

YOUR MARKET QUESTION · 2024 ECONOMIC COMPONENT

What does Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
buy from abroad?

Start with import demand. Add economic growth and price changes to put that market size in context.

0 / 42024 source inputs availableScore unavailable; use the facts below
Goods imports—2024 · current US$ · all supplier countries
Commercial service imports—2024 · current US$ · all supplier countries
Real GDP growth—2024 · annual % change
Consumer price change—2024 · annual % change

Make the national picture useful. Goods-import coverage is missing for this edition. Use the available evidence and check the product market directly. Service imports cover commercial services and can help frame a question about cross-border work.

See the calculation for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
2024 component inputs · percentiles among 150 complete economies
ComponentInputPercentileWeight
Import demand——50%
Economic growth——25%
Price stability——25%

Import demand adds goods and commercial service imports. Price stability ranks the negative absolute CPI change, so smaller price changes score higher. All four observations must be present. Missing inputs: Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth); GDP (annual % growth); Merchandise imports (current US$); Commercial service imports (current US$).

Weights are NDS choices: demand 50%, growth 25%, price stability 25%. This national screen helps you plan research; it does not identify qualified buyers or attribute trade to a diplomatic relationship.

Read the full formula and source rules

Source: World Bank WDI and Global Economic Monitor · NDS presentation, October 23, 2026. A frozen reference, with dates that vary by measure. Country Readiness uses its separate release and method.

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COUNTRY READINESS · VERSION 1.0.0

See what is available.

Trade, foreign investment, internet use, and logistics describe four conditions for doing business across borders.

0 / 4Required components availableLimited data coverage · Score unavailable

0 of 12 reported indicator series have observations in the connected country snapshot. The readiness score requires all four components at the specific periods below.

Inputs for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba · Source values and comparison percentiles
MeasurePeriodSource valuePercentileWeight
Trade intensity% of GDP2024——25%
Foreign investment% of GDP2022–2024——25%
Internet use% of population2024——25%
Logistics1–52022——25%

Why there is no score

  • Missing trade intensity observations for 2024.
  • Missing foreign investment observations for 2022, 2023, 2024.
  • Missing internet use observations for 2024.
  • Missing logistics observations for 2022.

Missing values stay blank. This place remains in the directory and can still have useful community, city, or institutional information.

View the underlying observations and source notes

Trade intensity

World Bank indicator: NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

  • 2024: —

Foreign investment

World Bank indicator: BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

  • 2022: —
  • 2023: —
  • 2024: —

Internet use

World Bank indicator: IT.NET.USER.ZS

  • 2024: —

Logistics

World Bank indicator: LP.LPI.OVRL.XQ

  • 2022: —

The score compares measured country conditions. It does not measure the activity or results of a Sister City partnership. The wider six-pillar framework covers additional relationships and services.

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Limited reporting coverage.

This geography remains discoverable. It has no separate reporting-economy series in the connected World Bank catalog; this does not mean zero activity or low opportunity.

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GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITIES

Start with a city.
Plan a useful first talk.

Find source names, location, time zones, population fields, and place types.

Explore cities and places

Explore the 2026 historical business reference

Languages listed for this country

Dutch (nl), Papiamento (pap), English (en)

GeoNames country context. This is not a city language count. Ask each partner which language they prefer.

119 populated-place records under source code BQ. This is a source count, not a count of city governments or partners.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NETWORK SPOTLIGHT

Global Chamber™

The supplied 2026 reference file has no listing under this country code. Ask the chamber about current services for this market.

Additional research areas

These six pillars describe the wider framework. Their broader relationship and service measures are separate from the four country-readiness components.

PILLAR 01

Trade Readiness

  • Export activity and market diversity
  • Trade corridors and logistics access
  • Port, rail, road, and air connections
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PILLAR 02

Investment Attraction

  • Industry and workforce alignment
  • Investment support and site readiness
  • Foreign investment relationships
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PILLAR 03

Global Relationship Capacity

  • Active international partnerships
  • Institutional participation and follow-through
  • Chamber, university, and diaspora networks
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PILLAR 04

Tourism & Visitor Markets

  • International visitor and convention activity
  • Hospitality and access infrastructure
  • Destination visibility and cultural exchange
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PILLAR 05

Business Access

  • Export assistance and market-entry support
  • Small business participation pathways
  • Procurement and business matchmaking
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PILLAR 06

Global Storytelling

  • International media and destination visibility
  • Clear place identity and market positioning
  • Cultural diplomacy and public narrative
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