Mongolia received a total of 577,300 foreign tourists in 2019, up 9.1 percent on the previous year.  Almost a third, or 32.7 percent, were Chinese, 23 percent of arrivals were from Russia and 16.2 percent from South Korea.

Developing the tourism sector is seen as the most reachable solution to diversify the Mongolia’s  mining-dependent economy.

Mongolia has set a goal of receiving 1 million foreign tourists and earning USD 1 billion revenue from tourism in 2020.