se incrementó visita de extranjeros a Colombia

En 3,4 por ciento se incrementó visita de extranjeros a Colombia durante primer trimestre de 2008

Después de Bogotá, Cartagena es el segundo destino preferido de los extranjeros. Un 13 por ciento de ellos visitaron esa ciudad.

Estadounidenses y venezolanos, los que más visitaron el país en el primer trimestre. Las cifras no incluyen paso terrestre de turistas por los puntos fronterizos.

También se reportó un incremento en la llegada de turistas en cruceros a Colombia, en un 163,4 por ciento y el crecimiento de salidas de pasajeros por terminales terrestres de transporte (4,6 por ciento), según Ministerio de Comercio Industria y Turismo.

El ministro Luis Guillermo Plata, que se encontraba en la India cuando se divulgaron las cifras, destacó desde allí la importancia de la visita de los venezolanos al país.

En los primeros meses del año llegaron a Colombia unos 53.493 venezolanos, siendo el grupo de extranjeros que más creció (36,6 por ciento), respecto del año pasado.

En el mismo período del 2007, los turistas provenientes de Venezuela apenas sumaron 39.169. Sin embargo, son los estadounidenses los que en mayor número visitan Colombia, aunque este año no reportaron crecimiento.

Al menos 58.391 estadounidenses pasaron por el país durante el 2007, mientras este año lo hicieron 57.515 de ellos.

De acuerdo con el balance presentado, en América Latina, después de los venezolanos, fueron los peruanos (17.137) quienes más visitaron a Colombia en los primeros tres meses del 2008.

Los destinos más apetecidos por los turistas internacionales fueron Bogotá, en primer lugar, a donde llegó el 52 por ciento del total de visitantes; seguido de Cartagena, con un 13 por ciento; Cali y Medellín, con un siete por ciento; San Andrés, con un seis por ciento; Barranquilla, con un cuatro por ciento; Cúcuta, Bucaramanga y Santa Marta, con un dos por ciento; y Pereira, con uno por ciento.

By kat1 (Moderator) on May 8, 09:06 in Friendly Talkzone.

kat1 (Moderator) says on May 8, 09:07:

Bogota 52%?
Cartagena 13%
Cali and Medellin 7%

I though Cartagena was their favorite destination follow by Medellin but I can see many still prefer Bogotá

webmanco says on May 8, 09:08:

Many are wiser.

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

kat1 (Moderator) says on May 8, 09:08:

Y la Mayoria Venezolanos, Bueno esque con ese presidente quien no se quiere salir del pais jejejje

jonas says on May 8, 09:10:

Bogota is #1 because most international flights arrive here.

What I have, I do not want to lose, but Where I am I do not want to stay, but those I love, I do not want to leave, but those I know I no longer want to see, but Where I die, I do not want to go;I want to stay where I have never been

kat1 (Moderator) says on May 8, 09:13:

yes, but they have to fill that little card were it say, your final destination, so i just wonder if they take the data from there?

jorgegdiaz says on May 8, 09:17:

We were just last weekend in the Tayrona / Santa Marta area and let me tell you that I had never seen so many foreigners in Locombia. Tayrona was full of them, Taganga even has Hebrew menus, characters and food, and Santa Marta was just full of back packers.
I guess the other only place I ve seen so many foreigners was in Maicao, but they live there.

Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

webmanco says on May 8, 09:20:

JorgeDiaz, how was Taganga with the recent oil spill or whatever?

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

jorgegdiaz says on May 8, 09:27:

Not a trace. The spilled oil was vegetable oil so the damage wasnt as big as it would have been. We saw only a couple of death fish floating, but that was in the WHOLE bay while we were kayaking through it.

Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

kat1 (Moderator) says on May 8, 09:29:

any pictures of your adventures?

kat1 (Moderator) says on May 8, 09:29:

when i was in Cartagena around Jnuary this year there were lots Argentineans

jorgegdiaz says on May 8, 09:31:

yep Kat lots of pics, havent had time to upload them here, only on facebook...

Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

robi666 says on May 8, 11:21:

Let's see them... facebook handle?

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

jorgegdiaz says on May 8, 11:40:

I`ll post them here this weekend ;)

Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.