The country’s tourism minister CNBC said on Wednesday that tourism could constitute 10 % of the GDP of Mongolia if the country can attract two million tourists annually by 2030.
“We have a large type of ambitious targets, which is about two million tourists by 2030, which will be about $ 4 billion of GDP,” said Nomin Shinbat, Minister of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth in Mongolia.
She said that money from tourists is currently between 3 % to 4 % of GDP in Mongolia.
Shinbat said that the non -coastal Asian state welcomed 808,000 foreigners in 2024, and the interest is still in height, especially among those looking for nature, adventure, culture and spiritual tourism.
“The number of tourism grows very quickly,” she said. “On an annual basis, growth was about 9 %. We want to increase it to 16 %.”
Flights from the United States
The first flight of United Airlines fell to Mongolia on Thursday night, an event called Chenbasus “a milestone” for the country’s tourism industry.
“We have recently made a Mongolian tourism strategy with the Boston Consulting Group, and one of the main aspects of improving our tourism industry is international communication, especially from North America.”
She said that Mongolia hopes that flights are three times every week, which lands in Tokyo before leaving to the Mongolian capital in UNANABAR, at least “the number of American visitors, which last year reached 22,000 people.
“The United States of America is one of our resource markets, a market we are working on, and the fact that it is one flight, although it connects to Narita (airport), it will make it more suitable for people to travel to Mongolia.”
Most travelers to Mongolia are from its neighboring countries in China and Russia, as well as South Korea.
Investment in infrastructure
Senbat said that Mongolia needs to invest $ 4 billion to build roads, hotels, camps and other infrastructure to support the prosperous tourism industry.
She said: “The government is creating low -term loans for public and private entities to cooperate together in order to increase the infrastructure quickly.”
Shinbat said that interest in a Mongolia visit is rising, as the country’s biggest challenge is to ensure the country’s growth in a sustainable manner.
“We need to make sure that our natural resources … sustainable. On the other hand, the local residents benefit from tourists coming to Mongolia as well,” she said.
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