More than 46,000 people came from Colombia to the Border Carnival in the state of Tachira (Venezuela)

Of the 160,000 people who attended the Border Carnival this week in the state of Táchira (Venezuela), 46,000 arrived from Colombia, according to government figures of that population in the sister country, which would demonstrate the benefits that the reopening of the border has had.

His arrival occurred from the border municipalities of the country during the so-called holidays to celebrate this festivity, assured Wednesday, February 22 the governor of Táchira, Freddy Bernal.

“Only from Chinácota, Cúcuta and Villa del Rosario, some 46,000 people came to share in peace, in the joy, the comparsas, the chariots, the joy of our people who, despite the difficulties of the inclement economic war (…), he is on the street, happy”, The official said from the same city during a contact with the head of the regime of that country, Nicolás Maduro, which was broadcast on the state channel Venezuelan television.

Bernal claimed that the border state that governs “it has impressive potential” for “its gastronomy, its beautiful mountains” and “its picturesque villages”, for which he considers Táchira a “national and international tourist destination”.

In this sense, the Head of State expressed that this region “He has how to support tourism with national and international tours.”

He pointed out that, since the opening of the Atanasio Girardot, known as Tienditas bridge, which connects Táchira to the Colombian department of Norte de Santander, on January 1, “thousands of Colombian cars” they crossed the Caribbean country “to walk (…), eat, feast”, and “arrived as far as” the state of Barinas (west).

“Happy us (of) that our Colombian brothers and sisters are visiting us. There is Táchira, well, for Colombian tourism”, Maduro added.

The president has asked his executive to train this Wednesday “to advance much more” in national and foreign tourism for the development of a “new economy of substitution” to the oil company, which generates the currencies that “previously left” the sale of crude oil.

For this traditional festival, they were deployed approximately 139,000 Venezuelan officials who ensure the safety of the participants, reported on the news portal Tachira News.

The morning of Thursday, February 23 The Territorial Planning Commission of the Senate of the Republic met in the northern capital of Santander to monitor the opening of the border with Venezuela, which began on January 1.

The decentralized session it was summoned by the senator of the Historical Pact Piedad Córdoba, and other politicians were also present as well as the mayor of Cúcuta, Jairo Yáñez, and the governor of Norte de Santander, Silvano Serrano.

“After seven years of the border being closed, I began to think year after year of how much was lost. Some told me $7 trillion, but really the impact was not just economic, but social and social”said Córdoba, who is part of the government party.

He said he even had the opportunity to cross the border, like any illegal immigrant: “I did it, and I really realized the impact of closing the border. I realized how and under what conditions people live or live”.

He also pointed out that It is important to know with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry what the impact of the agreements concluded eight days ago is really between the president, Gustavo Petro, and the head of the regime of the brother country, Nicolás Maduro.

They met for the third time – and for the first time at the border – on February 16 to sign an agreement whose objective is to achieve this year the 1,800 million dollars of commercial operations.