
Colombia: impact of COVID-19 on hotel occupancy 2019-2020
COVID-19 cases started to spread in the country.
On March 19, 2020, the hotel occupancy rate in Colombia fell to 14.9 percent, 50 percentage points less than the occupancy recorded on the same day in 2019. This drop in hotel occupancy was associated to the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The Colombian lodging industry also saw a decline in bookings as