Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ ‘ITM 2019’ international tourism mart was successfully held on March 29-31. Authorities of the capital and 21 aimags, more than 320 domestic tour agencies, hotels, tourist camps, aviation companies and representatives of the tourism sector of China, Turkey, Japan, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Buryatia and Tuva republics of Russia participated in the 20th edition of the expo.

In his opening speech, Minister of Environment and Tourism N.Tserenbat said that Mongolia received 529,370 tourists in 2018, with 11 percent increase compared to the previous year, earning USD 569.5 million or 29.6 percent higher than the tourism revenue in the previous year. “The Government will continue support the tourism industry, providing green loans to tourism camps with the capacity to receive 100 people at a time and making significant contribution to tourism sector. It will also focus on human resource development of the sector, conducting free training for travel and tourism specialists in 21 aimags. International tourist arrivals in Asia is growing and the fastest-growing destinations are Asia-to-Europe routes. Mongolia is a strategically important tourism destination not only among the nomadic countries and two neighboring giants, but also in the region. Accordingly, we have a full potential to increase the number of tourists each year,” he noted.

The official partner of the 20th ITM expo is Uvs aimag. The aimag is focused on the development of cross-border tourism, closely contacting with tourist camps of the neighboring countries and arranging certain works in this direction.

Published Date:2019-04-02