Christmas trips: where Colombians go to spend parties

After a long wait, Christmas Eve has finally arrived and the Colombians are taking suitcases and warming up engines to undertake a trip and thus visit their loved ones who live in other cities of the national territory.

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By highway, The transit authorities foresee the mobilization of 906,413 passengers from the transport terminals in 100,712 vehicles. in private carsthe passage of 2.9 million vehicles (toll crossing) is calculated.

In the case of Bogotá terminalscut off at noon on December 23, more than 400,000 passengers in 30,000 vehicles from 90 companies, being the main destinations Bucaramanga, Cúcuta, Cali, Fusagasugá, Girardot, Ibagué, Medellín, Neiva, Villavicencio and Sogamoso.

In the year-end holiday season, is expected from the different terminals of Bogotá the transfer of 1.7 million passengers.“Our recommendation to travelers and drivers is to respect traffic regulations, do not exceed speed limits, do not drive drunk and check the state of the roads through #767. If you are going to travel by inter-municipal transport, we ask you to do so from the transport terminals”, Transport Minister Guillermo Reyes said in this regard.

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For his part, the director of Transit and Transportation of the National Police, General Wilson Javier Gonzálezassured that in order to provide security to travelers during this Christmas season, they have arranged 5,600 men on the tracks, “guaranteeing the behavior and biosecurity measures of travelers”.

To its turn, the Superintendent of Transportation, Ayda Lucy Ospina, called on users not to board inter-municipal transport in the vicinity of the terminals, “because with this they contribute to illegality, they expose themselves to being victims of theft in its different modalities, such as the loss of luggage, and even exposing themselves to the scourge of scopolamine. All this can be avoided by boarding the vehicles located inside the authorized transport terminals”.

Through the air terminals Civil Aeronautics expects the mobilization of 526,727 passengers for Christmas, of which 356,249 are Colombians who will travel within the national territory and 170,478 internationally.

Due to the great flow of travelersthe air authority recommends arriving on time at the airports, minimum two hours in advance for domestic flights and three hours for international flights, In addition, it is important that passengers take into account the dimensions of the luggage, its location and additional services.

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For this season 75 new routes are available (gradually incorporated since June) for passengers, of which 50 are national and 25 international.

Aerocivil stated that it has started the technical and administrative coordinators with the air authorities of the neighboring country for the reactivation and regular operation of commercial flights.

These applications are being evaluated one by one each airline who has shown interest, however, there is still no confirmation.

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For his part, Wingo airline already has the endorsement of the Colombian authorities to land in Venezuela with the routes Bogotá – Caracas – Bogotá, Medellín – Caracas – Medellín and Bogotá – Valencia – Bogotá, however, They have not had the endorsement of the Venezuelan government.

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