{"id":24607,"date":"2017-01-22T22:54:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T03:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=24607"},"modified":"2017-01-22T22:54:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T03:54:57","slug":"colombia-is-one-of-2017s-top-travel-destinations-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2017\/01\/colombia-is-one-of-2017s-top-travel-destinations-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia is one of 2017&#8217;s top travel destinations: CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In yet another sign that <strong>Colombia is probably\u00a0<em>the\u00a0<\/em>hottest travel destination in the world right now<\/strong>, CNN has named our favorite country as one of <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/06\/travel\/best-places-to-visit-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">the 17 best places to visit in 2017<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; the global news organization selected Colombia to feature on their list, joining The Guardian, Lonely Planet, Bloomberg, The Daily Telegraph and The Economist as media outlets to champion the country to potential visitors for 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noting Colombia&#8217;s &#8220;sizzling bean-to-coffee scene&#8221;<\/strong> (I&#8217;m not sure what other type of coffee there is, but there you go&#8230;), and &#8220;renaissance in design and infrastructure&#8221; in Medellin, CNN were quick to praise the growing sophistication of Colombia&#8217;s major cities, focusing on a slightly different angle to other publications, which have primarily championed Colombia&#8217;s natural diversity. <strong>It just goes to show the true depth that Colombia has to offer travelers of any taste&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24585\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2017\/01\/top-5-things-to-do-in-salento\/068ed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24585\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24585\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/068ed.jpg\" alt=\"el ocaso coffee tour salento colombia\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/068ed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/068ed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/068ed-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CNN focused especially on Colombia&#8217;s growing coffee scene&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This will likely be the last big &#8216;best of 2017&#8217; accolade for Colombia as we move out of January and properly get the year started, but it&#8217;s safe to say that, if they didn&#8217;t before, the world now knows that <strong>Colombia is changing and developing, and ready for your visit!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2016\/10\/21-reasons-why-you-have-to-visit-colombia-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Why visit Colombia? \u2013\u00a0\u201c21 reasons why you have to visit Colombia in 2017\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In yet another sign that Colombia is probably\u00a0the\u00a0hottest travel destination in the world right now, CNN has named our favorite country as one of the 17 best places to visit in 2017\u00a0&#8211; the global news organization selected Colombia to feature on their list, joining The Guardian, Lonely Planet, Bloomberg, The Daily Telegraph and The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[2910,2891],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.4 (Yoast SEO v18.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colombia is one of 2017&#039;s top travel destinations: CNN - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2017\/01\/colombia-is-one-of-2017s-top-travel-destinations-cnn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colombia is one of 2017&#039;s top travel destinations: CNN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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