How is tourism organized in Caldas?
Caldas es Natural is the department's official tourism channel. Behind every destination there is a public structure that looks after, organizes and promotes tourism, from the national level down to each municipality. This page explains that structure in plain language.
The four levels
MinCIT & FONTUR
Tourism policy and resources for Colombia, under the framework of Law 1558 of 2012.
Departmental Tourism Council
Coordinates the tourism policy of Caldas and guides the management of the destination.
6 Subregional Councils
Created by Ordinance 988 of 2024, one for each subregion of the department.
27 municipalities
Local administrations and providers that run the offering across the territory.
Who makes the decisions
Departmental Tourism Council
It is the body that coordinates the tourism policy of Caldas and brings together the public entities, trade associations and providers of the department to guide the management of the destination.
Subregional Tourism Councils
Ordinance 988 of 2024 created one council for each of the 6 subregions, so that every territory has a voice in designing routes and in the quality of its offering.
Centro Sur · 218 
Magdalena Caldense · 97 
Norte · 64 
Occidente Próspero · 48 
Alto Occidente · 44 
Oriente · 21 Take part
Tourism service providers and citizens can take part in the Subregional Councils under the Ordinance. The call for participation is made through the official channels of the Gobernación de Caldas.
Secretariat of Development, Employment and Innovation
It is the office of the Gobernación de Caldas that leads the department's tourism policy and from which the Caldas es Natural program is coordinated.
Regulations
- Ordinance 988 of 2024Creates the Subregional Tourism Councils of Caldas.
- Ordinance 733Precedent of the department's public tourism policy.
- Law 1558 of 2012General tourism law of Colombia: the national framework.
The full texts are linked to the official sources. This section summarizes their scope in plain language; it does not replace the legal document.
Tourism information system
How many visitors the department receives, how hotel occupancy is doing and how competitive the destination is. The figures that the sector's entities publish today, gathered in one place, each with its source and its cutoff date.
