Foreign exchange from tourism picks up in 2022

According to the new report from the National Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Anato), based on information from Banco de la República, in the first half of the year Foreign exchange from tourism reached an income for the country of US$3,208 million dollars, which means a growth of 1% compared to the same period in 2019.

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This, according to Paula Cortés, president of the union, despite the devaluation of the Colombian peso. According to calculations, exports for travel and air transport of passengers were US$1,641 million dollars, this means a growth of 16% compared to the same period in 2019.

“The efforts of the entrepreneurs of the tourist chain, the Travel Agencies specialized in receptive tourism and the Tourist Operators, are part of the achievement of attracting these foreigners to the country, through the participation in international fairs, commercialization spaces and promoting the promotion from Colombia abroad”, affirmed the executive president of Anato.

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In this way, the Association calculates that the average per capita expenditure of non-resident visitors during the first half of the year was US$1,617, 8% higher than the US$1,498 registered in the same period in 2019.

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