Average tourist spends 190 USD per day

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Some 25 packages of events will be organized this year to increase a revenue from tourism in frames of "Friendly Ulaanbaatar" program, said a deputy mayor of Ulaanbaatar Ts.Enkhtsengel and a head of UB Tourism Department E.Battulga at a press briefing February 15. According to a survey by the Bank of Mongolia, a tourist spends 190 USD a day in Mongolia on average. Mongolia received 385 thousand tourists last year, of which 92 percent headed to countryside passing through Ulaanbaatar. The events include art and culture programs during Naadam, “Danshig Naadam–Khuree Tsam 2016” religious festival, a night of classics, and series of festivals that take place at the central square. The capital city administration is planning a renovation of hotel standards, and has scheduled international conferences and other major events during other seasons than tourism’s.