Colombia, crammed with immense pure wealth and significant journey experiences, is now nearer to Canadians than ever.
Recently, an expanded air transport settlement was introduced between Canada and Colombia, which permits designated airways of each nations to function a limiteless variety of passengers and cargo flights inside Canada and Colombia. This is a big improve from the earlier accord, which allowed solely 14 passenger and 14 cargo flights per week.
Canada is without doubt one of the crucial markets for issuing worldwide vacationers to Colombia. In the final 5 years, Canada’s vacationer numbers arriving within the South American nation have had a median progress of 48.28%.
“As we work towards strengthening a more conscious and community-led tourism industry, we celebrate this news that will allow us to keep showing Colombia as a sustainable and biodiverse destination to a larger number of North American travelers,” mentioned Carmen Caballero, President of ProfessionalColombia, the promotion company of Colombia, which is a part of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Tourism.
“We would like Canadians to realize that Colombia is closer than most people think, only 5.5 hours away from Toronto and 7 hours away from Montreal, and since we are a tropical country, weather is warm enough all year long,” Caballero added.
Currently, three airways are flying between these nations, and twelve weekly frequencies join Toronto instantly with Bogotá and Cartagena, operated by Air Canada and Avianca. In addition, 4 direct weekly flights join Montreal to Bogotá and Cartagena by means of Air Canada and Air Transat. Colombia is at the moment Canada’s most intensive South American worldwide air transport market.
According to the Minister of Transport of Canada, Omar Alghabra, “This significantly expanded agreement will improve connectivity for passengers and businesses in Canada and Colombia and demonstrates our commitment to enhancing air services with Latin America. Our government will continue to strengthen our economy and our air sector, and this expanded agreement will help Canadian businesses do just that”.
Roughly the scale of Ontario, Colombia boasts monumental variety with distinctive locations that mix pristine Caribbean seashores, cultured-fuel cities, jungles, espresso mountains, deserts, emergent and peace territories, and far more. This signifies that, similar to Canada, Colombia is a extremely multicultural nation, and —similar to Canadians— Colombians are at all times keen to fulfill outsiders with a welcoming smile.