Flows in Colombia

TRENDS

The performance of inbound arrivals was positive in 2017. The bet of the national government and its entity in charge of promoting tourism, Procolombia, is that once the implementation of the peace agreements is complete, the post-conflict scenario will attract more travellers who want to visit the country. To do this, it has defined 12 tourist corridors and four zones that it has called “peace routes”. It is also continuing modernisation projects for airports in the country, and is authorising new routes and new airlines. It is also expected that the good performance will be due to the visit of Pope Francisco to Colombia in September 2017.

PROSPECTS

In the forecast period, inbound arrivals are expected to continue to grow, keeping tourism as one of the main drivers of the economy in the country. For this reason, the government has been generating tax incentives, such as tax refunds for foreign visitors, incentives for the construction of greater hotel infrastructure, the improvement of airports and roads, and an aggressive bilingualism programme. With these measures, it is expected that every year the number of tourists who are eager to visit this now peaceful country will increase. However, there is the threat of uncertainty in the implementation of peace agreements amidst the change of national government and the new policies that the new President and Congress due to be elected could bring.

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