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The Colombian government has launched a series of ambitious public relations campaigns aimed not only at promoting tourism, but business investment as well. For the promotion of business investment in Colombia, the central government in Bogota has created an Investment Portal Website, highlighting the many reasons why individuals and corporations should consider investing in Colombia.

Here are the Top Ten Reasons for Investing in Colombia.

10. The Colombian government has created a tax structure that rewards business and ingenuity. The income tax rate is set at 15% and can be much lower for tourist-related and environmental businesses.

9. Colombia offers the Most Competitive Free Zone Model anywhere in Latin America.

8. Colombian employees are well trained and highly skilled. In fact, Colombian managers are consistently rated as the Best Qualified in the region.

7. Last year the Colombian government enacted the most reforms to improve the overall business environment making it the Second Most Competitive country in the region.

6. Colombia has recently signed a handful of important Free Trade Agreements, giving businesses based in Colombia access to over 1.2 billion consumers.

5. Unlike many of it’s neighbors, Colombia has never experienced hyper-inflation. In fact, the inflation rate in Colombia was 2 points lower than the Latin American average in 2008.

4. Many business are starting to take note of the many advantages that doing business in Colombia offers. As a result, foreign investment has increased over 300% in the last five years.

3. According to Merril Lynch, Colombia ranks 4th in terms of countries which present the lowest investment risk during a times of crisis.

2. In terms of economic growth, Colombia has been the most stable country in Latin America for the last 30 years.

And the number one reason to invest in Colombia?

1. Colombia has over 45 year-round 18 hole golf courses! Now if that’s not a reason to come to Colombia, I don’t know what is.