Historical tourism to be developed in the birthplace of Chinggis Khaan

Oyundelger 2019-04-26 03:04

Society

Within the Government’s goal to develop historical and specialized tourism, a number of major projects are planned to increase the international tourist arrivals to one million and revenues from the s

Within the Government’s goal to develop historical and specialized tourism, a number of major projects are planned to increase the international tourist arrivals to one million and revenues from the sector to USD 1.1 billion. In this regard, the eastern region will be redeveloped as tourism region and major construction works to attract tourists commenced last year at the sites related to Chinggis Khaan, 13^th century history and the Secret History of the Mongols in eastern Khentii province, the great khan’s birthplace. Head of the Cabinet Secretariat Oyun-Erdene gave detailed information on objectives and actions of the Government on historical tourism during the ‘Historical tourism and investment’ national conference held under the auspices of Prime Minister of Mongolia. “The Government of Mongolia named Khentii province as the center of historical tourism, Khuvsgul province as the center of natural tourism and Ulaanbaatar city as cultural tourism center respectively. In the future, it plans to develop tourism regions in the Central, Western, Eastern, Khangai, Gobi and Ulaanbaatar regions based on the features of its geographical locations and tourism resources, improve service quality and connect to the infrastructure.“ noted Prime Minister Khurelsukh.