The Global Meaningful Travel Map

Bogotá: Breaking Borders

Explore vibrant streets filled with captivating graffiti art, showcasing local history and culture, while connecting with empowered community members.

OUR EXPERIENCES
Check out this video, created through a partnership between Tourism Cares, Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy and Collective Impulse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N76L5Uwn5eQ

Learn about the impressive history of a group of locals from the Egipto neighborhood in Bogotá. They decided to leave their criminal past behind and started the initiative Breaking Borders, showing tourists around their streets filled with artwork that tells the neighborhood’s history. In this way, tourism has formed a real alternative for their personal and professional development and opened the doors for a brighter future. Walking uphill through the colorful streets of the neighborhood, you will notice first-hand how much the area has changed and transformed into a place of hope, peace, and culture. All along the way, you will be able to see the history of the people illustrated in impressive graffiti art. Your guide will let you in on the meanings and stories behind these murals.

ABOUT US
Impulse Travel - We create, operate and promote tours that allow travelers to discover the country from an authentic and local perspective through connecting with people. We are a team of creators, connectors and storytellers on a continuous journey of discovery. Our company develops around people: travelers, locals and the team that brings them closer. We believe that travel has the power to transform lives - our experiences facilitate meaningful interactions between travelers and locals, fostering empathy. Travelers are inspired, locals are empowered, and their projects find financial support, which is key to going forward.

OUR IMPACT
Impulse Travel partnered with Tourism Cares on a Meaningful Travel Summit with Colombia in November, 2021 and operated as our DMC for the program, bringing our attendees to a handful of local experiences represented on this Map. They were also recipients of a grant from Tourism Cares and Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy. ProColombia partnered with Tourism Cares on a Meaningful Travel Map in advance of the Tourism Cares with Colombia Meaningful Travel Summit in November, 2021. The pins on the Colombia Map represent community tourism experiences around the country, offered by receptive operators who design their tours for local impact, economic benefit for communities, and to reflect the richness of the experiences you can have traveling throughout Colombia. Their work, and the organizations they support, diffuse the economic benefits of tourism and support sustainable tourism growth in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The Turismo Comunitario Map can be found on the ProColombia website: https://colombia.travel/en/tourism-cares

DETAILS
Please note: these community tourism experiences are offered by in-country operators. We marked the Map with the approximate location of the community experience.

To learn more, visit: https://colombia.travel/en/tourism-cares/breaking-borders-bogota
Or email: info@impulsetravel.co

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