{"id":20552,"date":"2015-12-02T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=20552"},"modified":"2016-03-18T05:27:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T10:27:11","slug":"historic-day-for-colombian-travel-as-schengen-zone-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2015\/12\/historic-day-for-colombian-travel-as-schengen-zone-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Day for Colombian Travel as Schengen Zone Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

Today (Wednesday, December 2) marked a historic day for Colombians all around the world<\/strong>, as President Juan Manuel Santos signed into agreement an exemption which allows Colombians to travel visa-free and unrestricted to 26 European ‘Schengen’ nations<\/strong>, bringing the total number of countries which Colombians can travel to ‘visa-free’ to 88. The exemption will come into force tomorrow: Thursday, December 3, 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Schengen<\/a>
The deal is signed Foto: Presidencia de la Republica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

President Santos was quoted as saying that “Colombia is celebrating today.”<\/strong> He added that\u00a0\u201ctoday\u2019s event is a\u00a0very\u00a0important step to recover, in a certain way, our dignity, which we have lost or at least has been mistreated with the process of having to request a visa for each country in Europe every time we visited.” The agreement marks a massive step forward for Colombian travelers trying to move away from the negative stereotypes still associated with Colombians traveling to other countries.\u00a0<\/strong>Watch what Santos had to say below:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n