Tourism is Colombia’s best performing industry 2009
Tourism was Colombia’s most successful industry in 2009, announced the Ministry for Trade, Industry and Tourism on Tuesday. The tourism sector grew by 9%, compared to an average decline of…
Tourism was Colombia’s most successful industry in 2009, announced the Ministry for Trade, Industry and Tourism on Tuesday. The tourism sector grew by 9%, compared to an average decline of…
Santa Marta, Colombia’s second largest beach destination after Cartagena, received a million tourists in December, traditionally the city’s busiest month. According to local police, 967,701 tourists – both Colombian and…
A Colombian man officially renamed himself Elvis Presley to pay homage to “the King,” who would have celebrated his 75th birthday on friday. Elmer Galindo, a 39-year-old former military serviceman…
The controversial “Bodies … The Exhibition” will open in Bogota on January 30, after ending its stint in Medellin on January 17. The highly popular but much-criticised exhibition involving the…
Colombia’s environment minister announced the closure of national parks and a prohibition on cook-outs and bonfires, due to the country’s disastrous ongoing forest fires. According to reports by Canal Caracol,…
Colombia’s second largest city Medellin is building a bilingual online tourism portal to help English-speaking tourists visiting the city. The new website, medellin.travel, is online already, but in a beta…
The nice thing about Bogota is that its so close to so many other places it is very easy to leave. One of the places that can be reached in…
Six Tolima students were reported missing Wednesday after failing to return from a New Years camping trip to Nevado del Tolima, in central Colombia. Another camper has been missing in…
The nice thing about Bogota is that it’s so close to so many other places, that it’s very easy to leave. One place that can be reached in under three…