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| 09/02/2010 11:28 AM |
| Medellin airport gets a face lift |
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Medellin's Jose Maria Cordoba international airport has had an extreme make over and now boasts a much broader range of cafes, shops, as well as a new duty free zone. |
| 09/01/2010 03:59 PM |
| Whale-watching off Colombia's Pacific coast |
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From July to November every year, thousands of whales congregate in the warm waters of the Colombian Pacific to breed. A visit to the harbor town of Bahia Solano is a chance to see them up close. |
| 08/31/2010 09:10 AM |
| Cartagena's beaches to get a makeover |
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The Caribbean city of Cartagena is planning a thorough makeover of the four and a half miles of beaches within its city limits. |
| 08/30/2010 08:53 PM |
| Bogota prepares city marketing campaign |
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Authorities and businesses in the Colombian capital Bogota joined hands in an effort to promote the city abroad and increase the capital's number of foreign visitors and investors. |
| 08/30/2010 07:21 PM |
| Major hotel investments planned in Cali |
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Estimated investments in Cali's hotel sector surpass $110 million, giving the city an extra 1,170 hotel rooms by 2013. |
Travel ColombiaPopular tourist attractions include the historic Candelaria district of central Bogotá, the walled city and beaches of Cartagena, the colonial towns of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Popayan, Villa de Leyva and Santa Cruz de Mompox, and the Las Lajas Cathedral and the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá. Tourists are also drawn to Colombia's numerous festivals, including Medellín's Festival of the Flowers, the Barranquilla Carnival, the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Pasto and the Ibero-American Theater Festival in Bogotá. Meanwhile, because of the improved security, Caribbean cruise ships now stop at Cartagena and Santa Marta. The great variety in geography, flora and fauna across Colombia has also resulted in the development of an ecotourist industry, concentrated in the country's national parks. Popular ecotourist destinations include: along the Caribbean coast, the Tayrona National Natural Park in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range and Cabo de la Vela on the tip of the Guajira Peninsula; the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, the Cocora valley and the Tatacoa Desert in the central Andean region; Amacayacu National Park in the Amazon River basin; and the Pacific islands of Malpelo and Gorgona. Colombia is home to seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites. |
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