thanks for your comments. Of course we all have differing opinions about this. I’ll point out that I’m not Colombian - I’m British, and I have been to various parts of both Venezuela and Colombia. As for the points you raise:

1. Where did you get this idea? Many of the guerilla safe havens are on the Ecuadorean or Venezuelan sides of the borders, as recently shown by the attack on the camp of FARC leader Raul Reyes who was found in a jungle camp in Ecuador. Given the fact that Chavez has said he’d “invade” Colombia if a similar raid were carried out on Venezuela, where do you think is the safest place for the guerillas to hide out? The answer is probably over the border in Venezuela, where, sadly, your government lends support to the terrorists.
2. Of course you are right.
3. Which bits are “untruths” exactly? Point one out… I hope people do agree with me.

1.- all kidnapped are arrange by COLOMBIAN guerrilla and all people is taken to Colombia. what do you think about this?, is this something that begins on Venezuela or In Colombia?.

2.- Big cities are dangerous, in different ways, if you go to Caracas to the most difficult inner-cities, of course like any other city will be dangerous. don’t you think?

3.-Do you really want to visit Venezuela when Colombia has so much more to offer? well if you make this irresponsible article about untruth things about Venezuela maybe people will be agree with you.

but let me arrange this question, which is more accurate for both. therefore people are not dummy, they believe what they see, not what people said.

search on Google and visit some hotels web page, visit their hospitality and their accommodations, then you will see, who is right and who is wrong.

Colombia’s Tourism rates don’t “pale in comparison” compared to Venezuela. Colombia actually has more international visitors - the last reliable stats I have are from 2005, when Venezuela experienced 841,000 international arrivals compared to Colombia’s 933,000 internationa arrivals (source - World Tourism Market “Tourism Market Trends” 2006 edition). I believe I’m right in saying that the gap has grown even more recently - Colombia’s tourist arrivals are growing faster than almost any other country in South America.

“Venezuela has nicer beaches” - any opinion will be subjective of course.

Venezuela “is easier to get to” - why do you think that? Flights wise, Colombia has far better connections to everywhere in the Americas, though admittedly there are more airlines that fly from Europe to Venezuela.

I raise the kidnapping stats to attempt to dispel the myth that Colombia is a dangerous country to visit - sadly this his how most foreigners view Colombia.

I raise politics as on this site I try to promote responsible travel. Political considerations should be considered if one is to travel responsibly, whether you’re visiting North Korea, Burma, or even Venezuela (though you can’t really compare venezuela to the previous two I know). It’s something to bear in mind.

“what you have outlined is tenuous at best” - why? Which bits are tenous?

“You would have done better to just highlight my country” - I do plenty of that also. Browse this site, or have a look at paisatours.com, another site of mine.