Passenger Exit Survey January 2023
January 2023 - Monthly Exit Survey Results The number of departing passengers provided by the Ports and Condor are used in conjunction with the Monthly Exit Survey (administered to passengers departing on scheduled air and sea routes) to monitor visitor performance and provide an understanding of visitor characteristics. The results contribute to Visit Jersey’s analysis of how the visitor economy is recovering since the pandemic. Due to Covid, the Exit Survey did not run from April 2020 to the end of 2021, but we were able to monitor performance through the passenger numbers and profile information provided through the Government of Jersey’s travel registration forms. January 2023 compared to January 2019 •
The total number of departing passengers1 from Jersey was 36,860, reflecting a recovery to three-quarters (74%) of 2019 levels.
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Of all departing passengers, 38% were tourism visitors2 who had reached the end of their stay in Jersey (13,970) reflecting a lower proportion than that seen in 2019 when visitors accounted for almost half (47%) of all departing passengers.
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The number of day visitors continues to be impacted greater than the number overnight visitors; in January 2023 a total of 12,940 visitors stayed in Jersey for at least one night recovering to 60% of previous levels whilst the number of day visitors (1,030) recovered to 30%.
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The average length of stay was 5.4 nights (for those visitors staying for at least one night), which is the longest average length of stay observed in the first month of the year since at least 2017.
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The longer average length of stay resulted in a recovery of visitors nights (total number of nights spent by all visitors to Jersey) to 70,000 reflecting a 83% recovery.
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Breaking the visitor numbers down by main purpose of visit: •
holiday visits accounted for 15% of all visits at 2,060
1 Departing passengers include residents travelling off-Island, visitors leaving at the end of their visit, visitors who are already
in Jersey but who go on a day or longer trip off-Island during their stay, as well as some transit passengers on certain routes. 2
Tourism visits include any non-resident visitors to Jersey who may have stayed in Jersey for up to a year. Those visiting for leisure, business, study, sport or visiting friends or family are all classified as tourism visits, but seasonal or longer-term workers are excluded.
Passenger Exit Survey – January 2023
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