Barranquilla Carnival received 490 thousand visitors

With the return to presence, the Barranquilla Carnival received more than 490 thousand visitors in its four days, according to the report presented this Wednesday by the Mayor’s Office of the Atlantic capital.

(Carnaval de Barranquilla 2022 expects to generate more than $400 billion).

Jaime Pumarejo, mayor of the city, stressed that “we recovered our joy and were able to meet again on the street. To smile again, to hug, and that means a lot: illusion, optimism and a recharge of energy for this coming year”.

According to the Ministry of Economic Development, the more than 490,000 visitors represented a 25% increase in the influx of tourists compared to the last face-to-face edition of the event in 2020. Tourists from Slovenia, Japan, Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Spain, United States, France, Holland, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Sweden were registered. and Venezuela.

(The tourist destinations that you will not be able to visit this 2022).

As for national tourism, the Colombian Caribbean festival arrived visitors from Bogotá, Cali, Bucaramanga, Barrancabermeja and Medellín.

The Secretary of Economic Development, Ricardo Plata Sarabia, said that projected expectations were “widely exceeded”, given that 100% was registered in hotel occupancy for Friday and Saturday and the average spending of national and foreign tourists, including tickets. , reached $1,400,000.

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