Paula Cortés, president of the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Anato), said the impact of Covid-19 on travel agencies has been negative, so they have not reached pre-pandemic numbers yet. According to the most recent reactivation survey conducted by Anato to its travel agencies, its turnover recovered 87% during the first semester. For […]
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Travel agency sales reached 87% in the first half of the year
For the first semester, travel agency sales reached a 87% reactivationcompared to those in the same period of 2019. Likewise, these companies predict a reactivation of the 95% for the quarter corresponding to the months of July, August and September. This was announced by the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Anato), in which […]
Tourism, another one of the big hit by the tax
With an informal atmosphere in the tourism sector approaching 60%, Anato argued that the national government should work on a roadmap to be able to lower these numbers. “We have to fight against the informality that we have in the country in terms of tourism which is almost 60%, it is a big job for […]
Tourism should be consolidated as a main economic activity: Anato
Maintaining an arduous commitment to consolidate tourism as one of the main economic activities in the country is the main objective of the union of travel and tourism agencies, he said. Paula Cortespresident of Annatto. The leader stated in the context of the National Trade Union Congress that this point is crucial and has great […]
Petro: tourism can replace the fossil economy
Foreign tourism is “economically equivalent to an export”, and could even be an important replacement for the fossil economy on which the country depends in the short term. This was stated by President Gustavo Petro when installing the National Congress of Travel and Tourism Agencies, organized by Anato in Bogotá. He stressed that this poses […]
Tourism policy will focus on development and sustainability: Mincomercio
He added in his speech that from within the portfolio he wanted to strengthen a Green tourism. “Tourism now has a green face, which will meet the strength of travel agencies and promote it as a sustainable business,” said the trade minister. On this subject, he explained that this initiative will be based on the […]
More than 2.4 million Colombians have traveled abroad this year: Anato
In the first six months of the year, more than 2.4 million Colombians traveled abroad and did so to new destinations, according to the Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Anato). The union’s president, Paula Cortés Calle, insisted that the number of travelers abroad has increased by 7% compared to the same period in 2021. […]
They estimate that 926,000 Colombians will leave the country by mid-year
Based on data from Migración Colombia, it is estimated that more than 926 thousand Colombians would leave the country by mid-year, representing a 15% growth compared to the same period in 2019. This is reported by the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Anato), in which countries such as the United States, Mexico, Spain, […]
Nominal income of travel agents reached pre-pandemic level
Nominal income of travel agents in the first quarter of 2022 was 0.4% higher than in the same period of 2019. This is reported by the National Administrative Service for Statistics (DANE), which also announced that employment was seriously affected during this period, as the percentage of employed staff registered a negative variation of 43.4%. […]
Colombians’ departure abroad has already exceeded pre-pandemic levels
Between January and March, 1,063,871 Colombians left for foreign countries, representing a growth of 0.6% from 1,057,337 in the same period of 2019, indicating that the first quarter’s figures were reported in pre-pandemic times. This information was disclosed by Migración Colombia and disclosed by the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Anato). January was […]