In October 2017, Mongolia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) teamed with the U.S. Embassy to create a public outreach campaign to promote voluntary compliance with U.S. visa and immigration laws, with the ultimate aim of promoting a more open travel future between Mongolia and the United States. After a year of planning, #TravelResponsibly officially launched at an October 2017 press conference hosted by the Ulaanbaatar International Airport. Former Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsend Munkh-Orgil and former U.S. Ambassador Jennifer Zimdahl Galt introduced our first three public service announcement (PSA) videos, which featured Mongolians who traveled and/or studied in the United States and returned to Mongolia timely and responsibly.
In January 2018, the MFA and the U.S. Embassy held a #TravelResponsibly logo contest. The winning design combines images of a horse and an eagle (animals revered…