AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia was visited by 404,000 tourists in 2016, including 153 thousand tourists from China, reports news.mn.

Although a relatively small number of Arab tourists visited the country, they spent a considerable amount of money, according to D.Oyunkhorol, Minister of Environment and Tourism, no less than MNT15 billion per month.

On February 1, the Economic Standing Committee discussed the development of the Mongolian tourism sector.

At the meeting, MPs backed road construction projects connecting top tourist destinations with Ulaanbaatar. The project includes modern roads from Ulaanbaatar to Khuvsgul Lake, the world's purest lake, to the Terelj park with its famous Turtle Rock and Dadal soum in Khentii Province, the birthplace of Chinngiz Khaan.