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===Tourism===

{{Main|Tourism in Colombia}}

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File:Sunset-cartagena-tower-dewired.jpg|Fortifications of the old city of [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]], one of the seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Colombia.

File:Arrecifes.jpg|Arrecifes beach in the [[Tayrona National Natural Park]], one of the main ecotourist destinations.

File:Pacifico2.jpg|Gorgona island.

File:Malpelo12534059 e383c57281 b copy.jpg|Malpelo island.

File:Centro de Bogotá.jpg|[[Bogota]] downtown.

File:SanAndres-Island-View.jpg|[[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina]].

File:El Poblado en la Noche-Medellin.jpg|Panoramic of [[Medellin]]

File:Plaza Pueblito Paisa-Medellin.JPG|Pueblito Paisa.

File:DSCF0136.JPG|The "Eje Cafetero"

File:Riohacha noche.JPG|[[Riohacha]] night.

File:Calle Real del Medio.jpg|[[Santa Cruz de Mompox]].

File:City of Cali 2.jpg|[[Cali]] night.

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For many years serious internal armed conflict deterred tourists from visiting Colombia, with official [[Travel advisory|travel advisories]] warning against travel to the country. However, in recent years numbers have risen sharply, thanks to improvements in security resulting from President Álvaro Uribe's "democratic security" strategy, which has included significant increases in military strength and police presence throughout the country and pushed rebel groups further away from the major cities, highways and tourist sites likely to attract international visitors. Foreign tourist visits were predicted to have risen from 0.5 million in 2003 to 1.3 million in 2007,<ref name="BBC Tourism">[http://news.bbc.co.UK/1/hi/business/7120906.stm BBC News, A new hot-spot for the tourism industry]</ref> while [[Lonely Planet]] picked Colombia as one of their top ten world destinations for 2006.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|title=Hot Destination: Colombia|date=May 9, 2006|URL=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0509/p06s01-woam.HTML}}</ref> The improvements in the country's security were recognised in November 2008 with a revision of the travel advice on Colombia issued by the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|British Foreign Office]].<ref name="FCO Travel Advice">

[http://www.fco.gov.UK/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/south-America/colombia FCO Travel Advice, Colombia]</ref>

Colombia Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism [[Luis Guillermo Plata]] said his country had received 2,348,948 visitors in 2008. He is expecting 2,650,000 tourists for 2009.<ref>[http://www.colombiareports.com/travel-in-colombia/113-general/3371-colombia-expects-to-receive-2-650000-tourists-in-2009.HTML Colombia expects to receive 2 650 000 tourists in 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.businesscol.com/noticias/fullnews.php?id=6027 16,2% aumentó llegada de turistas extranjeros a Colombia en 2008]</ref>

Popular tourist attractions include the historic [[La Candelaria|Candelaria]] district of central Bogotá, the walled city and beaches of [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]], the colonial towns of [[Santa Fe de Antioquia]], [[Popayan]], [[Villa de Leyva]] and [[Santa Cruz de Mompox]], and the [[Las Lajas Cathedral]] and the [[Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá]]. Tourists are also drawn to [[Festivals in Colombia|Colombia's numerous festivals]], including [[Medellín]]'s [[Festival of the Flowers]], the [[Barranquilla's Carnival|Barranquilla Carnival]], the [[Carnival of Blacks and Whites]] in [[Pasto]] and the [[Ibero-American Theater Festival]] in Bogotá. Meanwhile, because of the improved security, Caribbean [[cruise ship]]s now stop at Cartagena and [[Santa Marta]].

The great variety in geography, flora and fauna across Colombia has also resulted in the development of an [[ecotourism|ecotourist]] industry, concentrated in the country's [[List of national parks of Colombia|national parks]]. Popular ecotourist destinations include: along the Caribbean coast, the [[Tayrona National Natural Park]] in the [[Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta]] mountain range and [[Cabo de la Vela]] on the tip of the [[Guajira Peninsula]]; the [[Nevado del Ruiz|Nevado del Ruiz volcano]], the [[Cocora valley]] and the [[Tatacoa Desert]] in the central [[Andean Region of Colombia|Andean region]]; [[Amacayacu National Park]] in the [[Amazon Basin|Amazon River basin]]; and the Pacific islands of [[Malpelo Island|Malpelo]] and [[Gorgona, Colombia|Gorgona]]. Colombia is home to seven [[List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas|UNESCO World Heritage Sites]].