It represents an increase of 5% compared to the previous year.
Mario Muvdi, president of Cotelco in the Atlanticexpressed that he hopes that after December 26 there will be a hotel occupancy of the 57%a percentage higher than that of 2023, which was 52%.
According to the union leader, tourists are coming to the city to see the development that the capital of the department has had in recent years, with the investments made in terms of infrastructure.
“We have many foreign tourists, we have tourists who come by road from the different cities on the coast such as Cartagena and Saint Marthawhere there are many tourists who come from those cities who come to enjoy the beach, the history, but they want to know what is happening in Barranquilla, we are sure that the changes that the city has had with the Malecón del Río, the Ciénega de Mallorquín , with the little train of Las Flores and with all the projects that exist on issues of tourism; Barranquilla will continue to be one of the main cities of the country,” he said.
According to Muvdi, in 2024 in general the occupancy has been the same as last year, explaining that the national tourism ha decreased at approximately three points; while the international has gone up.
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“The increase in international tourism does not compensate with the fall of national tourism in figures”.
The president of Cotelco hopes that with the two presentations he will make Shakira in Barranquilla in 2025, the festivities of Carnivalthe parties of playoffs and city events, dynamism for the sector to continue to rise.
For him, the capital of the Atlantic is in the center of two important cities in terms of tourism, but it also offers beach, nautical sportss and an important tour in matters gastronomic.
“We will continue supporting at a national and international level the sale of the destination of Barranquilla, to continue possessing it, to continue having issues of economic spillover in all sectors and tourism continues to grow,” he said.
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