Cartagena
Colombia booming: (The boom in cartagena is fueled by the the construction industry that
recieves impulse from tourism - (a unseen number of 200 cruisships will visit the city in 2009)
from naval building and repair, import export industry and many more.
In recent years growth in Colombia has been impressive,
reaching 8.2% in 2007, one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.
Colombia's economy grew steadily in the latter part of the
twentieth century, with gross domestic product (GDP) increasing at an average rate of over 4% per
year between 1970 and 1998.