INTRODUCTION:

• LOCATION

Mongolia is a country that located between China and Russia. There are only these 2 countries in the border of Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar is the capital city and it is in the slightly east of the center of Mongolia. It is the biggest and most populated city.

• HISTORY

In history, there is a research that capital city has moved 28 times between 1640-1855. It is because of the nomadic traditional life style. People used to set a religious leader as the head of the country and every time the head of the country changes, they move the capital city. In october29, 1924, it is settled as the capital city and Named Ulaanbaatar. In 1900's, the government and parliament were established. Through the world war2 between Germany and Soviet Union, Mongolia helped Soviet Union with economic support which are livestock, money, food and clothing. Now there is a peak for the memory for the friendship between Mongolia and Russia in the Ulaanbaatar city.

• WEATHER

Mongolia has 4 seasons and the winter seems the longest season of the year. It will get colder in October and starts to snow and it continues to get colder until March. The lowest temperature in winter would get -40C (-40F) with strong snowy wind. In March the climate will be warmer. But the spring time is the windiest season and it will be so dusty outside. Summer will be between June to August. This is really short time of warm weather and hot sun. Summer will be the most comfortable time for the tourists. People started to travel from May until October. Not only tourists, the people travels within the country. It usually rainy in August indicating that it is Fall.

• TOURISM

We receive most tourists in summer because winter is not that comfortable to travel and visit places. The top 5 countries that tourists came from to Mongolia in 2018 were Chine, Russia, South Korea, Japan and the USA. People usually spend at least 7 days because Mongolia has a large landscape and traveling one place to another takes quite time. Mongolia offers people to enjoy beautiful and unique nature formation, large plain field, nomadic life style, culture and the history. The statistics showed in 2018 that Mongolia receive 529,000 tourist in a year (www.discovermongolia.mn). The number is even growing each year.

Most tourist known Mongolia by Chinggis Khan. There is a fascinating story that everyone interested to listen. Not far from the Ulaanbaatar city, there is a Great Statue of Chinggis Khan and it shows the 13th century Mongolian life style. It is one of the biggest place that tourist visit. Also, tourists really interested to see Mongolian traditional home called ger and how people just live in this small kind of tent. There are so many layers to make ger warm and to protect from the rain and snow. People will make a fire inside to warm up the ger during winter. The last thing I am going to mention is the culture. Everyone loves to see a traditional clothes, ceremonies, art and dance. There is a show for the tourists which includes singing, dance, contortion, and instruments. Everyone loves this show. There will be many other places that I did not mentioned, and I am sure that tourists will never get bored of learning about Mongolia.