The revenue in the travel & tourism market in Colombia was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 0.8 billion U.S. dollars (+20.78 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the revenue is estimated to reach 4.66 billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Find more key insights for the revenue in countries like Argentina, El Salvador, and Panama.. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data was reported at 5.125 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.218 % for 2019. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 8.019 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.218 % in 2019 and a record low of 5.125 % in 2020. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank exports estimates.;Weighted average;

Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data was reported at 1.595 USD bn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.682 USD bn for 2019. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 1.954 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.682 USD bn in 2019 and a record low of 657.000 USD mn in 1995. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

In 2019, medical tourism brought more than 615 billion U.S. dollars to Colombia's economy. This figure is expected to increase to 990.5 billion dollars by 2024. In 2018, a total of 20,112 tourists visited the South American country for medical purposes.

Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts data was reported at 1.959 USD bn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.784 USD bn for 2019. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 2.493 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.784 USD bn in 2019 and a record low of 887.000 USD mn in 1995. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

Leisure tourism was the main reason to travel to Colombia from 2012 to 2019. On average, around 70 percent of international tourists in the Latin American country reported to be on vacation during that period. The second most popular reason to visit Colombia from 2012 to 2019 was business or professional purposes. Colombia has experienced a steady increase in the number of international tourist arrivals since the beginning 2012.

Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data was reported at 1.396 USD bn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.935 USD bn for 2019. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 1.797 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.935 USD bn in 2019 and a record low of 878.000 USD mn in 1995. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

In 2022, there were almost 1.3 thousand jobs related to the Colombian tourism sector, increasing by nearly 34 percent versus the previous year. The South American country is a mainly leisure tourism destination.

Bus terminals were the main point of entry for tourists visiting the city of Bogotá, Colombia in 2019. That year, nearly 4.8 million visitors entered the country's capital by bus, while approximately 4.1 million people were were registered as traveling to the city by car.

Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures data was reported at 1.576 USD bn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.658 USD bn for 2019. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures data is updated yearly, averaging 2.336 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.658 USD bn in 2019 and a record low of 1.162 USD bn in 1995. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 3.071 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.642 % for 2019. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 7.649 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.029 % in 2000 and a record low of 3.071 % in 2020. Colombia CO: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.;Weighted average;

In 2019, the infrastructure of Colombia received a Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index score of 3.1 out of seven. That year, the sub-index with the highest score was travel and tourism policy and enabling conditions with a score of 4.7.

Tourism expenditures of Colombia plummeted by 72.15% from 5,658,000,000 US dollars in 2019 to 1,576,000,000 US dollars in 2020. Since the 7.69% surge in 2018, tourism expenditures sank by 71.51% in 2020. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Real leisure travel and tourism spending of Colombia went up by 2.93% from 12.7 billion US dollars in 2018 to 13.0 billion US dollars in 2019. Since the 2.25% downward trend in 2017, real leisure travel and tourism spending jumped by 7.54% in 2019. US dollar billion, expressed at 2011 prices and exchange rates. This series excludes the effect of price changes and therefore allows for real (volume) changes to be determined.

In 2019, Colombia received a Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) score of 4.0 out of seven. It shows an increase in comparison to 2017, when the TTCI score of this Latin American country was 3.83; it was also the highest TTCI score recorded in the period between 2013 and 2019.

In 2019, nearly 139.7 thousand tourists in Bogotá, Colombia did bike tours around the city, out of which around 60 percent where Colombians. That same year, ecotourism in Colombia's capital city was more common among international tourists. Approximately 17.6 thousand visitors took part in such activities, of which around 9.6 thousand were international.

Outbound tourism - travel of Colombia plummeted by 71.71% from 4,935,000,000 current US dollars in 2019 to 1,396,000,000 current US dollars in 2020. Since the 6.91% surge in 2018, outbound tourism - travel sank by 70.82% in 2020. Series 3.4

Receipts for travel items of Colombia sank by 71.93% from 5,682,000,000 US dollars in 2019 to 1,595,000,000 US dollars in 2020. Since the 14.22% jump in 2018, receipts for travel items plummeted by 71.62% in 2020. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

During Easter in 2019, products related to sun and beach tourism were the most requested by customers at Colombian travel agencies, according to a survey conducted among tourism operators. Cultural tourism and ship travel were second and third in the scale of preferred types of tourism at Easter in the South American country. Religious tourism only made it to the seventh place in the same list.

Colombia Exports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers to Yemen was US$20 during 2019, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Colombia Exports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers to Yemen - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on March of 2025.