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Expoartesanias: Serious Shopping in Bogota, Colombia
Colombia currently has an international advertising blitz promoting tourism with the slogan, "Colombia: The Only Risk is Wanting to Stay." But in Bogot during its Expoartesanas in December, a massive annual handicrafts fair sponsored by Artesanas de Colombia, a more appropriate slogan would be "Bogot: The Only Risk is Wanting to Shop." For nearly ...
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