Arrivals in Mongolia reached 4.6 million passengers (double counting) in the first 9 months of 2018 – an increase of 68.2 thousand or 1.5 percent compared to the same period last year. In total, 38.7 percent of all arrivals entered through Zamiin-Uud, 18.7 percent through Buyant-Ukhaa, 11.8% through Gashuunsukhait, 11.4 percent via Altanbulag, 5.9 percent Shiveekhuren and 13.5 percent crossed through other border points.

Regarding the purposes of the foreigners’ trips: 431.7 thousand or 88.9 percent entered as tourists, an increase of 48.5 thousand or 12.7 percent, compared to the same period in 2017, and 53.9 thousand or 11.1 percent entered for business, study and permanent residence.

Regarding nationality: 34.1 percent of the foreign arrivals were Chinese, 21.0 percent were Russian, 15.8 percent were South Korean, 3.8 percent were Japanese, 3.4 percent were from the US, 2.9 percent were Kazakhs and 19.0 were other nationalities. The number of tourists from Thailand increased by 628 persons or 54.8 percent, from Indonesia by 143 or 38.1 percent, from Turkey by 420 or 28.2 percent, whereas tourists from North Korea decreased by 401 or 57.0 percent, from Vietnam by 245 or 28.4 percent and from Austria by 237 or 16 percent.