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After six months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Colombia began the gradual reopening of the National Natural Parks with a tourist vocation, a new step to continue opening the economy of the country hit by the health contingency.
The first one to open was the Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo National Natural Park, in the Caribbean, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development reported in a statement.
According to the reopening process, in the next few days the Chingaza national natural parks will be added, in the department of Cundinamarca and of which Bogotá is its capital; Los Nevados (center), Gorgona, in the Pacific, and Old Providence, in the Caribbean.
Also the Otún Quimbaya and Malpelo fauna and flora sanctuaries, which like 24 other natural parks were closed last March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that leaves 818,203 infections and 25,641 deaths in the country.
During these months of quarantine, National Parks developed the programs for the reopening of ecotourism with biosecurity, setting technical criteria.
Likewise, it manages the articulation with the territorial entities and with the providers of ecotourism services, as well as the agreement with the ethnic communities corresponding to the reopening of these spaces.
Among the requirements to enter the natural parks is that visitors must wear masks, wash their hands, maintain social distancing of two meters and follow all the instructions given by the park rangers, so that it can be guaranteed that their visit does not constitute a threat that compromises the well-being and safety of those who work, operate, visit and inhabit the national parks.
The Ministry of the Environment recalled that the entry of single-use plastics, such as bags, bottles, straws, containers, plates and cutlery, to the protected areas of the System, in order to reduce the negative impact on the seas, rivers and lagoons, as well as in the terrestrial ecosystems present in them.
On September 21, the airports of Bogotá and two other Colombian cities gradually resumed international flights that were suspended on March 23.
Along with the El Dorado airport in Bogotá, the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón in Cali, the José María Córdova in Medellín and the Rafael Núñez in Cartagena began operating.
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