Ulaanbaatar
All Ministries to be involved for preparations for "Years to Visit Mongolia"
Economy
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The government has
announced 2023 and 2024 as the “Years
to Visit Mongolia”. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism informs that
within the framework of the project that will launch at the beginning of next year, all the
ministries including all the relevant branches of digital communication,
intercommunication, road, transportation, air transport and services will be involved in coordination.
The working sub-groups to ensure the preparations for the upcoming “Years to Visit Mongolia” were set up at the first meeting of the National Committee for Tourism Development headed by the Prime Minister. Specifically, coordination and participation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Road and Transport Development, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Digital Development and Communications is needed.
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism emphasizes the need for all government ministries to support the tourism industry, starting with cultural promotion overseas.
Mongolia's tourism industry received a record-high 577,000 foreign tourists in 2019 and earned USD 607 million from the industry, which accounted for 6.4 percent of the GDP of 2019. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mongolia received 58,000 in 2020 and 33,000 in 2021 respectively. Since Mongolia opened its border to foreign travelers in February 2022, it received 210,000 tourists and earned MNT 750 billion. The number of tourists this year is expected to reach 250,000 and the income to MNT 1 trillion.
