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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Due to its distance and brief summer season, Mongolia has long been overlooked by travelers.
But as the country advances to open tourism even more when facilitating its entry conditions for international visitors and improving their infrastructure, 2023 could be the best time to get there.
Here are 10 reasons why travelers should begin planning their visit from Mongolia or Mongolia de Largo Data now.
With the Mongolian government declaring 2023 to 2025 the “years to visit Mongolia”, the citizens of 34 additional countries can now visit the country without visa until the end of 2025.
The addition of several European countries, including Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as Australia and New Zealand, now carries the total number of countries and territories in the list of exempt from visas to 61.
The complete list is here.
After years of delays, a pandemic and several controversies, the Chinggis Khaan International Airport recently built in the summer of 2021.
With the ability to handle the approach of 3 million passengers per year (twice the old airport), the addition of 500 new air parking spaces and the infrastructure to support an increase in national and economic flights, the airport to be a tour.
Budget flights to Hong Kong from Eznis Airways have relaunched from the opening of the airport, and according to reports, conversations to resume direct flights to the United States are underway.
The recently opened Chinggis Khaan Museum offers a beautiful and fresh look at the tumultuous history of Mongolia.
With more than 10,000 voltage artifacts for 2,000 years, the museum explores the history of the Mongols and the empire they created, and any last.
The artifacts of the museum are presented about eight floors, with six rooms of permanent and two temporary exhibitions. Guided visits are offered in English every Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm free.
When most people think of Mongolia, music and art facilities festivals focused on conservation in the heart of one of the world’s largest deserts are the last things that occur to me.
But all that changes thanks to festivals such as Playtime, Spirit of Gobi, Intoyectronic Music Festival and the experience of art and visual music Kharkhorum 360.
Placing international bands, DJs and musicians around the world along with the eclectic mixture of rappers, bands and popular singers of Mongolia, the country could be one of the most underestimated places in the world for festival lovers.
Naadam’s annual event has always been a great reason to visit Mongolia, but now that the festival has just celebrated its 100th anniversary, 2023 is a moment as good as ever to attend.
Although the origins of the festival are based on the days of Genghis Khan, when he used horsepower, wrestling and archery shooting competitions to keep his warriors in form among battles, Naadam only became a national vacation 100 years ago.
Today, the Festival, held at Ulaanbaatar at the National Sports Stadium, has some bells and whistles more than during the days of the great Khan.
A seat at the July 11 opening ceremony is always one of the toughest tickets to score in the city.
Try your hand in archery in the Mongolian way
The mounted arc shooting is seeing a resurgence in Mongolia thanks to types such as Altankhuyag Nergui, one of the most consummated archers in the sport and its archery academy, Namnaa.
Here, the locals learn the fundamentals of archery with Mongol before setting up a horse and bringing their new skills to another level.
In the summer months, the students and the members of the Academy organize weekly shows for interested spectators. The academy also sacrifices the training sessions of a day for those who wish to try this intense sport.
Speaking of giving life to the oldest traditions of Mongolia, the resurrection of the Mongol Bichig, or the traditional Mongol written written written written in the lower part and read from left to right, has also seen a great residence in recent years.
Visit the Mongolian Mongolian Erenndesiin Khure calligraphy center in Kayorum to learn the Kaligraphist Master Tamir Samandbakarapraap Purev about this important cultural heritage. And, while you are there, navigate the yurts full of Tamir’s works.
Combine the launch of the new Norden 901 Expedition Motorcycle of Husqvarna with the newly announced Eagle Hunter Tour of Nomadic Off-Road, and you have the fastest adventures in Mongolia.
The tour leads to six riders 1,700 kilometers from Ulaanbaat to Bayan-Ulgii, where riders are found anally with their hosts, the famous eagle hunters of Mongolia.
The only faster thing that this adventure is the rate to which the tours of the nomadic road are exhausted.
The professional musher Joel Razy has been leading dog tours through the Khuvsgul frozen lake for 18 years.
With less crowds, lower hotels rates and the opportunity to see one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world completely frozen, winter in Mongolia is something else to see and experiment.
Razy’s company, Mongolia’s wind, sacrifices the tours of the lake, where each person is assigned their own sled and dogs for the trip. Following Rauze’s leadership, Mushers will make a lake loop. Activities include ice fishing, while travelers stay in winter yurts and spend time with nomadic families throughout the trip.
The Scandinavian design arrives in Mongolia in Yeruu Lodge
Located in the heart of the province of Sengege in the Yeruu River, Yeruu Lodge is a creation of the Norwegian founder Eirik Gulsud Johnsen, who visited Mongolia for the first time in 2017.
With a minimum Scandinavian restaurant and dining room, a handful of full -time yurts for the guests to stay, two Pétanque, kayaks, a management range, mountain bicycles and a yoga area, the shelter is a destination to forget.
Completely out of the network, the Lodge escapes solar panels, the use of thermal heating and all property water comes from a property well and is recycled after use.
In addition, all glass, metal and plastic used in the shelter are also recycled, and food waste becomes compost that is used to grow vegetables, berries and herbs on the site.
The shelter will open in April 2023.