Passenger Exit Survey January 2024
January 2024 - Monthly Exit Survey Results This methodology for these statistics is modelled on the International Passenger Survey conducted by the UK Office for National Statistics. Passengers are selected randomly to take part in face to face interviews as they are leaving Jersey’s ports. There are two elements; the Passenger Calibration Survey and the more comprehensive Visitor Exit Survey. This report is for the Passenger Calibration Survey which reflects a short set of questions designed to break down (or calibrate) departing passengers. This short survey provides a profile of passengers leaving Jersey e.g. the proportion that are tourism visitors vs the proportion who are residents travelling off-island. Throughout this report, annual figures for 2024 are compared with 2023 to present annual change and with 2019, as the latter reflects the most recent year in which travel was not impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and is still being used as a benchmark year for the travel industry. Survey fieldwork ceased to be implemented in March 2020 due to the start of Covid-19 and the significant impact it had on travel. Survey research was not able to commence again until early 2022. All figures in this report have been rounded independently to the nearest 10 and so the figures in columns and rows may not always sum exactly to total figures presented in the tables or graphs. For more information about data collection see the methodology section at the end of this report. January 2024 compared to January 2019 •
The total number of departing passengers1 from Jersey was 39,240, recovering to 79% of 2019 levels.
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Of all departing passengers, 37% were tourism visitors2 who had reached the end of their stay in Jersey (14,200) reflecting a similar proportion to in the previous year but a lower proportion than that seen in 2019 when visitors accounted for almost half (47%) of all departing passengers.
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At 610, the number of day visitors was its lowest recorded in this period since at least
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 2024
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