The northern Colombian department of Santander receives a record influx of foreign tourists and investment, says Colombian export and tourism promoter Proexport.

The annual Boyaca tomato festival, "La Gran Tomatina Colombiana," is in danger of being cancelled for a second year due to a long, rainy winter.

Take the time to look around and you'll see there is more to Cucuta than a hot and dusty frontier town.

Chicamocha National Park in north-east Colombia reported a 65.8% increase in visitors between 2008 and 2009.

The nice thing about Bogota is that its so close to so many other places it is very easy to leave. One of the places that can be reached in three hours is Tunja, the chilly capital of the Boyaca department.

The nice thing about Bogota is that it's so close to so many other places, that it's very easy to leave. One place that can be reached in under three hours is Villa de Leyva, considered to be one of Colombia's finest colonial villages.

The department of Boyaca is home to one of Colombia’s most pristine mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy. With an elevation of over 5,000 meters and counting more than 25 snow-covered peaks, these solitary slopes are every mountaineer’s dream.

The Chicamocha Canyon in eastern Colombia was not selected as one of the finalists in the New Seven Wonders of Nature. The Canyon competed with 77 other natural wonders worldwide for a place in the top seven.