Colombia registered more than 4.5 million inbound tourist arrivals in 2022, recovering entirely from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Between 2010 and 2022, the volume of international tourism in the South American country grew by 222 percent.

Key information about Colombia Visitor Arrivals

• Colombia Visitor Arrivals recorded 568,282 person in Jan 2025, compared with 770,069 person in the previous month
• Colombia Visitor Arrivals data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2007 to Jan 2025
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,470,464 person in Dec 2018 and a record low of -553,595 person in Nov 2018

The absolute economic contribution of tourism in Colombia was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 13 billion U.S. dollars (+62.19 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the economic contribution is estimated to reach 33.8 billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Depited is the economic contribution of the tourism sector in the country or region at hand.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

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;

In 2022, the United States was the most common country of origin among international tourists in Colombia. That year, over 900 thousand visitors from the North American country traveled to Colombian territory. That same year, Venezuela was the country of origin of nearly 264 thousand foreigner travelers in its neighboring country, while Ecuador accounted for another 241 thousand tourists to that same destination.

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;

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;

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;

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 2023, Colombians took approximately 77 million domestic trips. Out of these trips, almost 62 percent involved at least one night away from home.

The tourism sector GDP share in Colombia was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total 1.2 percentage points. The share is estimated to amount to 5.27 percent in 2028. While the share was forecast to increase significant in the next years, the increase will slow down in the future.Depited is the economic contribution of the tourism sector in relation to the gross domestic product of the country or region at hand.The forecast has been adjusted for the expected impact of COVID-19.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

Key information about Colombia Tourism Revenue

• Colombia's Tourism Revenue reached 2 USD bn in Dec 2020, compared with 7 USD bn in the previous year
• Colombia's Tourism Revenue data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1995 to Dec 2020
• The data reached an all-time high of 6,784 USD mn in Dec 2019 and a record low of 887 USD mn in Dec 1995

International tourism, receipts (current US$) in Colombia was reported at 1959000000 USD in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Colombia - International tourism, receipts - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

The desire for sustainable tourism options among Colombians was high in early 2023, according to a survey. As of February that year, more than 90 percent of respondents from the South American country said they would like to travel in a more sustainable way in the future. Moreover, 79 percent of responding travelers think that they have to act now and choose more sustainable tourism options.

1.396.000 (número) in 2020. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.

Colombia E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Travel & Tourism: Travel & Tourism data was reported at 124.549 USD in 16 Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 123.749 USD for 15 Jul 2024. Colombia E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Travel & Tourism: Travel & Tourism data is updated daily, averaging 96.309 USD from Dec 2018 (Median) to 16 Sep 2024, with 1593 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,825.850 USD in 24 May 2021 and a record low of 8.000 USD in 29 Oct 2020. Colombia E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Travel & Tourism: Travel & Tourism data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Grips Intelligence Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.GI.EC: E-Commerce Transactions: by Category.

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

In 2020, the number of inbound tourists traveling to Colombia by air went down to nearly 760 thousand, which was around half the figure recorded in 2014. During the same year, the number of inbound tourists arriving by land in the South American country totaled only 22 thousand. Water tourist arrivals to Colombia in 2020, registering 11 thousand inbound tourists.

The Latin America Travel and Tourism Market Report is Segmented by Type (International Tourism and Domestic/Local Tourism), Purpose (Adventure Tourism, Business Travel, Conference or Seminar Travel, and Family and Friends Visit), and Country (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and Rest of Latin America). The Report Offers Market Size and Forecasts in Value (USD) for all the Above Segments.