Residents of Bogotá will not be able to leave the capital during the next three consecutive long weekends. Police will enforce controls on all departmental roads.
Air France – KLM has maintained regular air service between their European hubs and Colombia to repatriate citizens stranded with the global health emergency.
All Colombians and foreign residents returning to the country will be required to self-isolate for 14 days and reach their final destination with 24 hours.
Since the declaration of the National Health Emergency that closed international air travel, 5,000 Colombians have been repatriated in the last two months.
As nations ease lockdowns and assume the impact of COVID-19, Avianca’s Chapter 11 filing is symptomatic of greater economic uncertainty in Colombia with the pandemic.
Hundreds of families in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta are facing abject poverty as hostels and tourism-related businesses remain closed with the nationwide quarantine.
Nationwide quarantines are giving nature much-needed rest from tourism especially in the biodiverse Colombian Amazon where this Big Picture was taken.
Colombia’s Wayuú endure economic hardship given the region’s harsh climate and lack of essential infrastructure. With the advance of coronavirus, the search for water is critical for survival.
John Lundin, a former Chicago chaplain and Dalai Lama biographer is spending his Colombian quarantine at the spiritual Heart of the World, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Villa de Leyva is reviving its Muisca heritage and colonial past through storytelling, performance and ancestral foods. Want a taste of history?
With 2019 marking a record year for the Colombian tourism sector, President Iván Duque announced a benchmark of 6 million visitors for this year.
The country’s most famous fiesta is set to take to the streets and a four-day revelry that consumes Barranquilla.
The popular beach of Playa Blanca on the peninsula of Barú has reopened to tourists with strict measures announced to ensure public safety with watersports.
Zipaquira? is one of Bogotá’s many satellite communities and known for it’s cavernous Catedral de Sal. But there is more to see than columns of salt and crosses.
Medelli?n’s Comuna 13 is promoted to foreigners as one of the city’s curious attractions given its resident grafiteros and community-led tours. But how safe is “safe”?
The UK Government has launched a local manual so that Britons can travel safely in Colombia.