NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ENTERING MONGOLIA INCREASES 3.7 TIMES

In the first half of this year, 2,117.7 thousand (double counting) passengers crossed the border of Mongolia, which is 1,542.8 thousand (3.7 times) more than in the same period of the previous year.

During this period, 1059.1 thousand passengers entered the country, 811.7 thousand (76.6 percent) were citizens of Mongolia, and 247.4 (23.4 percent) thousand were citizens of foreign countries. The number of foreigners (247.4 thousand) who entered the border is 168.3 thousand or 3.1 times more than in the same period of the previous year. According to the National Statistics Office, 88.1 percent of them came for up to 30 days, 2.8 percent for 30-90 days, and 9.1 percent for 90 or more days.

Among foreigners who entered the country 231.6 thousand (93.6 percent) were adults, 15.8 thousand (6.4 percent) were children, 144.2 thousand (58.3 percent) were men, and 103.2 (41.7 percent) were women. Of those passengers, 49.9 percent came from Europe, 44.9 percent from East Asia and the Pacific, 2.9 percent from the United States, 1.2 percent from the Middle East, and 1 percent from South Asia and Africa. Passengers from Russia constitute 43.9 percent of foreigners, 19.7 percent from China, 15 percent from South Korea, 3.1 percent from Kazakhstan, 2.5 percent from Japan, 2.4 percent from the United States, and 13.4 percent from other countries.

The number of tourists who crossed the border in the first half of this year reached 226.8 thousand, which is 153.2 thousand or 3.1 times more than in the same period of the previous year. In the first half of 2023, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of tourists from Russia increased by 68.1 thousand or 2.9 times, from China by 33.7 thousand or 10 times, from South Korea by 27.2 thousand or 4.1 times, and from Japan by 4.6 thousand or 4.4 times.

SOURCE: MONTSAME