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March 04, 2015

Turismo

For both domestic and international tourists, the new version of the website provides information on more cities and allows you to plan your trips and access a database of companies in the sector.

Aiming to give a greater amount of practical information to travelers, the revamped version of www.colombia.travel portal provides access in six different languages to domestic and international connections as well as details of 1,294 companies in the tourism sector, including hotels, tour operators and restaurants.

Through the website, designed for both domestic and international travelers, tourists have access to information on 285 cities in all regions of Colombia, where the previous website had only 20 destinations in 11 states.

From the Amazon region there is information on destinations such as Florence, Guainía, Mitú and Mocoa; from the Caribbean region, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cienaga, Lorica and Mompox; from the Andean region, Aguadas, Armenia, Barichara, Betania and Bogotá; from the Orinoco region, Arauca, the Macarena, Puerto Carreno, Villavicencio and Yopal; and from the Colombian Pacific, Buenaventura, Buga, Cali, Cartago and Chocó.

Among the technical innovations are new visuals that help foreigners and nationals to discover unique holiday (culture, nature, adventure, sun and beach, cruises and sailing) and business (congresses, conventions, events, incentive trips, golf and weddings) tourism experiences.

Likewise, there is a travel planner that recommends Colombian destinations according to the traveler’s country of origin and means they can share on their social networks by using the number #ColombiaEsRealismoMágico.

Present during the unveiling of the revamped web page were the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Cecilia Alvarez Correa; the General Manager of Fontur, Eduardo Osorio and the President of ProColombia, María Claudia Lacouture. “We found that international tourists are interested in accessing practical information and online tools which allow them to locate landmarks and publicize photographs of their experiences so that more travelers are motivated to live the same experiences,” said María Claudia Lacouture, President of ProColombia.

Indeed, colombia.travel, which has the support of both the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism as well as Fontur, has a geo-referencing tool that recommends landmarks in Colombian cities to the traveler. You are also given information about air and ground transport within and outside of Colombia.

“This website is an excellent tool for tourists, both domestic and from around the world, to find relevant travel information. It builds on the work of Fontur in promoting destinations and, in this way, is a great support for our management,” said Eduardo Osorio, General Manager of Fontur.
During the past six years, the website has had over 36 million visitors in the Spanish, English, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese versions, whose visitors access the page mainly from Colombia, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela and Peru.

“Colombia es Realismo Mágico” (“Colombia is Magic Realism”), a tourism promotion campaign, also intends to encourage more Colombians to get to know the attractions of their country through the web portal. For this reason, the tools provided will be useful for both domestic and international tourists.

Visit www.colombia.travel