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Sint Maarten tourism statistics

Sint Maarten, 92,480 visitor arrivals in December

Monthly arrivals, nights, spend since 2015, with 6 worked statistics. Latest 2025-12, 10 months behind.

+19.1%vs Dec 2024
796kYear to date
2015Figures since
10 moBehind
Where Sint Maarten stands, December 2025

Sint Maarten in December: up on a year

Sint Maarten recorded 92,480 visitor arrivals in December 2025, +19.1% on a year and 313.5% of the December 2019 level.

Among the destinations it competes with: Barbados -1.4%, Curaçao +9.8%, Turks and Caicos Islands +7.0%, Saint Lucia -1.4%.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when January is published

At a glance

Latest monthDecember 2025
Visitor arrivals92,480
On a year+19.1%
Against December 2019313.5%
Year to date, on a year+71.3%
Growth rank in Americas4 of 22
Best month on recordDecember 2025
Jet fuel, a gallon$1.97-6.3% on a year/v1/fuel
Growth 20253.4%outturn/v1/economy/SX
This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/SX/briefAnalyst

Stayover visitors to Sint Maarten, and the change on a year

Visitor arrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %
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Sint Maarten against its rivals

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Sint Maarten.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=SXDeveloper
CountryLatestFigureOn a yearVs 2019Year to dateRivalry with Sint Maarten

The last six months

MonthVisitor arrivalsOn a yearVs 2019Vs 3-year average
Dec 202592,480+19.1%313.5%+71.0%
Nov 202568,700+3.2%279.9%+53.5%
Oct 202543,339+116.8%192.7%+100.4%
Sep 202529,771+88.4%201.5%+77.6%
Aug 202559,125+97.2%247.9%+112.0%
Jul 202566,905+95.7%226.3%+107.8%

The next three months

January+33.3%76K to 143K
February+0.0%0.00M to 0.00MIntel
March+0.0%0.00M to 0.00MIntel

Each country's own model, remade every night as figures arrive, with an 80% range. The first month is free to see; the rest come with Intel.

Who Sint Maarten competes with for visitors

6 destinations chasing the same travellers

Ranked by how much of their visitors come from the same markets, how alike their seasons are, and how close they are in size. Open any of them to see its own rivals.

Sint Maarten is also a rival forArgentina

Rivalry is worked out from the figures each destination publishes and is remade every day. As data: /v1/countries/SX/rivals, on Developer and up.

Measures held

Arrivals/v1/arrivals?country=SX
Nights/v1/nights?country=SX
Spend/v1/spend?country=SX
Recovery against 2019314%December 2025 against the same month of 2019, the year before the pandemic.Analyst
Forecast, next 12 months1.2m80% range 570k to 2.5m. Back-tested error 29.3%.Intel
Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Sint Maarten yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Sint Maarten

MeasureFrequencyBreakdownSeriesFromLatest
ArrivalsMonthlyTotal12015-012025-12
ArrivalsMonthlyOrigin52015-012025-12
SpendQuarterlyTotal82010-Q42023-Q4
SpendQuarterlyPurpose22014-Q12023-Q4
SpendAnnualTotal820112023
SpendAnnualPurpose220142023

Monthly arrivals: 100.0% of months held since 2015, none missing. See every month

Get Sint Maarten in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=SX" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o sx.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/SX.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

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