{"id":24803,"date":"2017-02-08T09:25:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=24803"},"modified":"2017-02-08T09:25:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:25:49","slug":"forbes-names-bogota-one-of-2017s-top-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2017\/02\/forbes-names-bogota-one-of-2017s-top-destinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes names Bogot\u00e1 one of 2017&#8217;s top destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Forbes Travel Guide recently published their list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbestravelguide\/2017\/01\/23\/forbes-travel-guides-12-top-destinations-of-2017\/#1960ab3f31b5\" target=\"_blank\">Top 12 Destinations of 2017<\/a>\u00a0and <strong>Colombia has another high-profile travel recommendation<\/strong> as a result. The list, which focuses on cities and only includes 3 other non-North American cities, <strong>names Colombia&#8217;s capital as one of their best destination cities for this year<\/strong>. With more and more global flights to\u00a0Bogot\u00e1 than ever before, and a growing number of hotels, tourist experiences, restaurants, bars and cafes, <strong>the city is poised to become South America&#8217;s next capital of cool<\/strong> over the upcoming few years.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes,\u00a0Bogot\u00e1 (and Colombia in general) has continued to shed &#8220;unsavoury images from the 1980s and &#8217;90s&#8221; and people are <strong>&#8220;slowly realising just how special [the city] is&#8221;<\/strong> (*Ahem* we&#8217;ve known it for years&#8230;just saying&#8230;). The post singles out hotels such as the hip W Hotel, the recently opened Kuru Japanese restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel, and the National Museum of Colombia. Most excitingly, Forbes confirm what we have been saying for a long time, that\u00a0<strong>Bogot\u00e1 is &#8220;becoming the hottest destination in South America.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/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>More good news then for <strong>Colombia, South America&#8217;s most up-and-coming\u00a0destination<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Forbes Travel Guide recently published their list of the Top 12 Destinations of 2017\u00a0and Colombia has another high-profile travel recommendation as a result. 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