You are an special guest for Colombia. Every tourist, every foreign executive that arrives, finds here vibrant places, full of people desiring to be known for the challenges they face today and not only for their past episodes.

Colombia is an excellent place for business, trade and invesment:

• It’s one of the most stable economies in Latin America, with sustained economic growth that reached 6.8% in 2.006, performed above the regional average.

• It’s a transparent country. After serious transformations, today occupies according to the Worl Competitiveness Yearbook, the first place in the region for its consistent and transparent governmental policies.

• Colombia won´t be the same without its people. Our labor force is considered the best in the Andean Community and is one of the highest rated at managerial and operational level in Latin America.

• Counts on an enviable geographic position. Colombia is strategically located in between North and South America. Coasts on the Pacific and the Atlantic, facilitate access to northamerican, european, asian and latinamerican markets.

• Colombia is full of gentle cities. With 41 million inhabitants the country offers multiple development sites in cities like Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cartagena, Manizales, Pereira, Armenia, Bucaramanga y Cúcuta.

• It’s a country connected to the world. 6 maritime ports in the Caribbean and 2 in the Pacific; 5 international airports; 91% of national routes are paving roads, access to 3 submarine telecommunication cables, guarrantees an stable and secure communication net.

• Foreign investors had belived on us and they became our best embassadors. This is confirmed by US$ 6.925 million dollars brought to Colombia by 700 multinational enterprises with investments in the country.

Colombia a beautiful place, that is worth to visit for business or pleasure.

Capital of the department of Antioquia, called “the mountain capital”, for being located in the heart of the Andean mountain chain.

In this city live the “paisas”, its inhabitants, who generate 15% of the country richness. This region is considered the main energy generator in the country, the greatest banana exporter and the most important gold producer. All previous and more reasons make of Medellín the second economic center in Colombia.

Medellin has been recognized in the world for its building industry. Important bulding materials manufacturers and builders are based in this place, companies advanced on internationalization proccesses oriented to high quality and innovation standards for their products. It’s also known for engineer and consulting firms with great national trajectory and international projection, enjoying a wide recognizance on Latin America for projects executed in the Andean Community, Central America and the Caribbean, distinguished for the high quality of their services.

Medellín is a safe city. Today the city is proud of low violence indicators, even below those of other latinamerican capitals and relevant cities in the world.

Count on an efficient and integrated massive transportation system. The city fits the traditional bus transportation with the Medellin Metro and with the Metro Cable, an air cable car, unique in the world for being the first used for massive transportation.

Sources: Proexport,Colombia Central Bank, Medelín’s International Cooperation Agency & Office for Tourist Promotion.