According to data from the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism (Anato), in Colombia there has been a constant tendency to increase the arrival of foreigners to our territory. While in 2007 the arrival of 1,195,000 foreigners was recorded, in 2016 this figure was 2,698,000, representing a growth of 126%, however, an even more notable positive increase was yet to come.

For 2017, thanks to political processes, advances in infrastructure and economic strength, international confidence was improved and the risk index in our country was reduced, which improved our image and led to a drastic increase in the visitor rate from abroad According to data from the Tourist Information Center of Colombia, based on DANE, during 2017 6.5 million foreigners entered Colombia, representing an increase of 28% compared to 2016 and more than 400% in Comparison with 2006, strong evidence of tourism growth and development as a product of the positive vision that the country manages. However, although tourism makes a considerable contribution to our economy in the commerce, gastronomy, hotel and transportation sectors, this contribution does not represent more than 5% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP). So, how many more located foreigners visit Colombia so that the tourism sector becomes the main provider of the country’s GDP?

Bogotá, Cali, Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, Bolívar, San Andrés, Santa Marta and Cartagena, the cities with the highest number of foreigners. The citizens of the United States were the ones who obtained our country most motivated by the search for unique landscapes, gastronomic variety, flora and fauna and the friendliness of the average Colombian. In addition, other countries that also contributed tourists were Brazil, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands and Australia, among many other visitors for whom Spanish was a foreign language.