ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — With its reindeer sleigh rides, camel racing and stunning landscapes with room to roam, Mongolia is hoping to woo visitors who are truly looking to get away from it all.

“Chuu!” I called—the Mongolian version of “giddy up,” but the half-wild horse I sat upon either didn’t understand or didn’t like my American accent. I traveled to Mongolia in August 2025 to see some ...

The Philippines welcomed its first charter flight from Mongolia as the government moves to diversify tourism source markets.

With its reindeer sleigh rides, camel racing and stunning landscapes with room to roam, Mongolia is hoping to woo visitors who are truly looking to get away from it all. Like most countries, its ...

Like most countries, its tourism industry was devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has launched a “Welcome to MonGOlia” campaign to win people back. The government has added flights and ...

The Department of Tourism welcomed a direct access to a new niche market in Central Asia with the arrival of the first ...

Tourism could comprise 10% of Mongolia's gross domestic product if the country can attract 2 million annual tourists by 2030, the country's tourism minister told CNBC Wednesday. "We have a big, ...

Twenty years ago, when a Dutch cyclist named Rik Idema first passed through Mongolia on a round-the-world biking trip, the country struck him as the most pristine place he'd ever seen. Captivated by ...