“Mongolia is not a bucket list country for tourists,”[i] said Bilguun, tour manager for Amicus Travel, Mongolia. “It’s never on top of the list. It may be third or fourth.” Similarly, Olly Reston, the director and owner of the country’s Goyo Travel, explained: “Tourists would go there as part of a trip to Russia or China and stop off in Mongolia for three days.”[ii]
Professional tours are usually booked six months in advance, but with the world entering its second year of lockdowns, very few people have been optimistic enough to book.
Lower-end tourists have sometimes arrived in Mongolia as part of a rail adventure, through Europe and Russia. “And for…
