Colombia received, until April of this year, a record number of 534,333 international travelers, representing an increase of 3.9% compared to the same period last year, said Sergio Diaz-Granados, Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism of Colombia.
According to the Economic Analysis Department of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism and data from Migration Colombia, Civil Aeronautics and Proexport visitors came through air, sea, and land immigration control points.
The United States remains the largest source of international visitors, contributing 19.1% of the total who arrived to date of the report. Meanwhile, Latin American markets are gaining importance for Colombia, which is reflected in the large number of Venezuelans (11.6%) and Argentinians (8.2%) who come to the country.
Diaz-Granados noted that: "The highlights are the growth of visitors from Chile (19.6%), Peru (16.5%) and Panama (12.4%), most of them driven by leisure tourism and a significant percentage is coming for business. Europe's main source country was Spain (5.3%)."

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