Colombia drops in world tourism rankings
Colombia falls five places to 77 on the world tourism scale, despite a steady increase in international visitors, according to the 2011 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index compiled by the World…
Colombia falls five places to 77 on the world tourism scale, despite a steady increase in international visitors, according to the 2011 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index compiled by the World…
Shakira will is returning to her motherland to perform in Shakira and the Pop Festival in Bogota Saturday, reports newspaper El Espectador. The Barranquilla native is beginning her South America tour…
The world’s best-selling board game will offer a tour of the most famous tourist destinations in Colombia, in a special Colombian version of Monopoly to be released in the second…
Ibague, capital of the Tolima department, which rests on the slopes of the Cordillera Central mountain range, is known as the “musical city of Colombia.” The industrial city, which is recognized…
The Barranquilla carnival, Colombia’s most important cultural event of the year, kicked off Saturday with its traditional Batalla de las Flores (Flower Battle). {japopup type=”image” content=”pics/2011/mphoto/car1.jpg” title=”Barranquilla carnival” }{/japopup} {japopup…
The world’s second largest carnival after Rio de Janeiro, renowned for its colorful cultural fusion, begins Saturday in Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. For four days beginning Saturday March 5,…
30 Seconds to Mars, the American rock band fronted by Jared Leto, has confirmed a Bogota gig on April 6 on their official website. Formed by brothers Shannon and Jared…
The “Francisco el Hombre” (Franscisco the Man) Festival is a celebration of the legend of vallenato, the popular folk music native to Colombia’s Caribbean coast. As legend has it, Francisco el Hombre —…
Grammy Award-winning singer and philanthropist Shakira has been honored by Harvard University. The Harvard Foundation, the university’s center for intercultural arts and science initiatives, gave Shakira its 2011 Artist of…