News by Unad 1 https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a News en-us 2019-10-29 13:37:36 UTC 2019-10-30 18:34:16 UTC hello@padlet.com NEWS BULLETIN Unadtrabajo https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403860804 By: Nohra Milena Mesa Rios]]> 2019-10-29 13:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403860804 Watch video about the news Unadtrabajo https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403861543 2019-10-29 13:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403861543 News 1 Unadtrabajo https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403862899 Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday opened the new international wing of El Dorado the country’s most important airport.
The new wing cost approximately $143 million and should contribute to a swifter processing of the rapidly increasing number of foreign visitors to the country.
Some 40 million people are estimated to have traveled through the Bogota airport this year.
According to the Ministry of Transport, the airport additionally processes 70% of international freight.
The airport had been under construction for years as tourism to the country has grown steadily.
To deal with the 6 million foreign tourists next year, the airport can now count on an additional 50,000 square meters, processing facilities and six VIP rooms.
According to Santos, his administration has invested $2 billion in national airport infrastructure over the past seven years.

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]]> 2019-10-29 13:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403862899 News 2 Unadtrabajo https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403864506 Colombia seeks to export mango, pitaya, bell peppers to US in trade talks

Colombia’s vice minister of foreign trade met this week with US undersecretary of commerce Gilbert Kaplan during his visit to Colombia to discuss trade, when she brought up for discussion agricultural admissibility of several agricultural products.
In the first half of this year, Colombia exported US$6.85 billion dollars worth of products, or 29% of the country’s entire exports, making the US Colombia’s most important trading partner, reports Finance Colombia.

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]]> 2019-10-29 13:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403864506 News 3 Unadtrabajo https://padlet.com/Unadtrabajo/kbpaflfq5p5a/wish/403870909 Barranquilla Grows With International Visits
In the first half of 2019, 82,549 International visitors arrived in Colombia through Colombia’s Atlantic coastal city of Barranquilla. According to Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism (MinCIT), this is an increase of 9.7% over the same period in 2018.
538,260 visitors arrived in Barranquilla’s airport from other destinations in Colombia during the period, indicating an increase of 7.8% over the 499,258 registered in the first half of 2018, reports Finance Colombia.

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