Passenger Exit Survey Oct 2023 2023
October 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 October 2023 compared to October 2019 •
The total number of departing passengers1 was 89,190 reflecting a recovery to 92% of the level seen in October 2019; this reflects the strongest recovery observed since the survey recommenced following the pandemic.
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The number of tourism visitors reaching the end of their stay in Jersey (49,100) recovered to 83%, again reflecting the strongest recovery observed since the travel disruption ended in 2022.
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The number of visitors staying for at least one night recovered to 86% whilst the day trip market remained at around half of 2019 levels (57% recovery).
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The average length of stay (4.0 nights) for those visitors staying at least one night was similar to in October 2019 when it was 3.9 nights.
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The total number of nights spent by all visitors to Jersey was 184,570 reflecting a recovery to 88%.
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Breaking the visitor numbers down by main purpose of visit: •
leisure visits accounted for 62% of all visits at 30,450; the proportion of visits made for leisure purposes in Oct 2019 was 68%
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business visits accounted for 12% of visits at 5,700
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.