Economy of Bucaramanga

The trade fairs as well as direct benefits to the respective sector, have benefits in other areas of the economy such as transport, hotels, restaurants, shops and various services activities such as advertising, design and decoration, modeling, etc.

In Bucaramanga is performed the International Exhibition of Children's Fashion EIMI, the only specialized in children's clothing in Latin America . It takes place in the fair center CENFER and 40% of the sales generated on this fair are of exported products.

Business

In recent years, in Bucaramanga have been built major shopping centers and commercial buildings, such as the shopping center La Florida CC, which has 6 floors with two pedestrian bridges and one vehicle bridge connecting it to another building housing a supermarket.

The Mall Megamall opened in 2007, where the first store of the French hypermarket chain Carrefour opened in the city. Also there´s a famous shopping district "Cabecera del Llano" with shopping centers like: Cabecera Etapa I, Etapa II and Etapa III as well as the more recognized Cabecera Etapa IV and the shopping center "La Quinta" or V Etapa. The Acropolis shopping center is located in Ciudadela Real de Minas. The San Andresito commercial center and the traditional and renovated (2005) Cañaveral shopping center are located in the southern sector of the city along with the El Cacique shopping center, opened in November 2012 and considered one of the largest in Latin America. In these shopping centers, there are large theaters of major companies such