Tourist companies and specialists agree that majority of the tourists visit Mongolia during Naadam Festival celebrations.
According to the numbers of first half of this year number of tourists have dropped by 4.8 percent, where number of tourists from China dropped by 15.2 percent and number from Australia dropped by 14.3 percent, played significant rope in the decrease. If previously one out of two tourists was from China, the trend has changed and the tourists from Ukraine and Hong Kong are more interested in visiting Mongolia.
This year number of tourists coming from Ukraine increase by 37.2 percent and from Hong Kong increased by 19.8 percent. Moreover, number of tourists at the northern border has doubled since the visa-free entry effective from November 2014.
Statistics numbers show that tourists from Russia coming into Mongolia has increased only by 3 percent compared with the same period of the last year. Travel and Tourism Council under Chamber of Commerce believe that the number of visitors will remain the same in the second half of the year.
Tsolmon Travel company empasizes that although Mongolia has acted as a partner country at this year's ITB expo, the results won't show immediately, but in 2-3 years time the number of visitors heading to Mongolia will increase.
Tourist companies and specialists agree that majority of the tourists visit Mongolia during Naadam Festival celebrations.
According to the numbers of first half of this year number of tourists have dropped by 4.8 percent, where number of tourists from China dropped by 15.2 percent and number from Australia dropped by 14.3 percent, played significant rope in the decrease. If previously one out of two tourists was from China, the trend has changed and the tourists from Ukraine and Hong Kong are more interested in visiting Mongolia.
This year number of tourists coming from Ukraine increase by 37.2 percent and from Hong Kong increased by 19.8 percent. Moreover, number of tourists at the northern border has doubled since the visa-free entry effective from November 2014.
Statistics numbers show that tourists from Russia coming into Mongolia has increased only by 3 percent compared with the same period of the last year. Travel and Tourism Council under Chamber of Commerce believe that the number of visitors will remain the same in the second half of the year.
Tsolmon Travel company empasizes that although Mongolia has acted as a partner country at this year's ITB expo, the results won't show immediately, but in 2-3 years time the number of visitors heading to Mongolia will increase.