“Thousand Camel Festival” is a magnificent winter festival and cultural introduction to the life of Mongolian camel herders, and domestic tourists, many foreign tourists and reporters visited this year.
The Camel Festival is reported internationally by major international agencies as a model of sustainable tourism, which contributes to the development of tourism in Mongolia.
"Tumen Camel Festival" event received the "Mongolian tourism awards-2015" of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and it set a new Guinness record by 1,108 camels racing in 2016.
Therefore, the festival has been officially included in the list of winter events of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in 2017 and is held annually.
The population of camels in Umnugovi province has reached 160 thousand this year, and this year’s camel festival is called “160 thousand camel festival”. This year's "Thousand Camel Festival" is attended by camel herders from 7 provinces including Umnugovi, Dundgovi, Bayankhongor, Uvurkhangai, Govi-Altai, Tuv, and Dornogovi.
“Thousand Camel Festival” is a magnificent winter festival and cultural introduction to the life of Mongolian camel herders, and domestic tourists, many foreign tourists and reporters visited this year.
The Camel Festival is reported internationally by major international agencies as a model of sustainable tourism, which contributes to the development of tourism in Mongolia.
"Tumen Camel Festival" event received the "Mongolian tourism awards-2015" of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and it set a new Guinness record by 1,108 camels racing in 2016.
Therefore, the festival has been officially included in the list of winter events of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in 2017 and is held annually.
The population of camels in Umnugovi province has reached 160 thousand this year, and this year’s camel festival is called “160 thousand camel festival”. This year's "Thousand Camel Festival" is attended by camel herders from 7 provinces including Umnugovi, Dundgovi, Bayankhongor, Uvurkhangai, Govi-Altai, Tuv, and Dornogovi.