Colombia’s drug tourism a problem? Please!
Colombia’s drug tourism a problem? Please!
written by Adriaan Alsema June 15, 2016
Drug tourism is a common phenomenon for anyone in the Netherlands and Colombia. Drugs are easily available in both countries. The difference is that in Colombia the tourists are yet to come.
A Dutchman in Medellin, I hear complaints about coked-up Israelis already, while Colombia is currently possibly at only a fraction of its tourism potential. The country received 2 million visitors last year.
With the “Has Armed Conflict” label removed, Colombia could reach tourism levels exceeding those of the Netherlands and can just as easily overtake my native country as the world’s top drug tourism destination.
Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands alone, received 7 million tourists last year. According to a local juvenile crime expert, between 500,000 and two million were drug tourists.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombias-drug-tourism-problem-please/