Ulaanbaatar
Foreign Trips of Citizens Increase by Four Times
Society
Ulaanbaatar, September 4, 2023 /MONTSAME/. In the first half of this year, 833 thousand (double counting) citizens of Mongolia traveled abroad, of which 553.6 thousand
(66.5 percent) journeyed on tourism. This number exceeds by 410.2 thousand or 3.9 times more compared
to the same period of 2022.
In the meantime, 279.3 thousand (33.5 percent) people traveled for work, study, or permanent residence, which
is an increase of 205.6 thousand or 3.8 times more compared to the same period of 2022, reports the National Statistics
Office.
Among our citizens who traveled
abroad, 567.8 thousand (68.2 percent) were men, and 265.2 thousand (31.8
percent) were women, and 49.1 thousand (5.9 percent) were children. As for the
duration of overseas trips, 797.8 thousand (95.8 percent) of them went for up
to 30 days, 10.7 thousand (1.3 percent) for 30 to 90 days, and 24.5 thousand
(2.9 percent) for 90 or more days.
