Tourist arrivals in Mongolia have been continually increasing. Before the Mongolian national festival of Naadam, earlier this month, the country received a total of 42,823 tourists; this represents a 9.7% increase compared to the same period in 2015.
Growth has been strongest among tourists from Japan (+9%), the USA (+0.4%), Russia (+18%), Germany (+0.5%), Australia (+50%), South Korea (-35%), and France (+38%). A decrease, however, has been observed among tourists from China (-3.8%) and the UK (-1.8%).