Passenger Exit Survey July 2023 2023
July 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. Monthly summary July 2023 compared to July 2019 •
The total number of departing passengers1 (123,820) recovered to 86% of the level seen in July 2019.
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The number of tourism visitors reaching the end of their stay in Jersey (74,300) recovered to 76% reflecting the strongest monthly recovery recorded so far in 2023.
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The number of visitors staying for at least one night recovered to 83% of 2019 levels whilst the day trip market recovered to 31%. The French day trip ID exception scheme was brought in on the 22nd April 2023 and since then we’ve seen a strong recovery in day trips each month. July reflects the first month since April that the recovery in the day trip market has slowed again.
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The average length of stay (5.1 nights) for those visitors staying at least one night was higher than in July 2019 (4.8).
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The number of visitor nights (total number of nights spent by all visitors to Jersey) was 356,670 reflecting a recovery to 87% of July 2019 levels.
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Breaking the visitor numbers down by main purpose of visit: •
holiday visits accounted for two-thirds 70% of all visits at 51,900, a lower proportion to that seen in July 2019 (75%)
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business visits accounted for 7% of visits at 5,400, a similar proportion to 2019 (5%)
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.