http://greatgenghis.com/post/126014 In connection with the decision of the Government of Mongolia to declare 2023-2025 as the “Years to visit Mongolia”, the Cabinet has made a decision to temporarily exempt from visa requirements for the nationals of the following 34 countries, who are traveling to Mongolia for tourism purposes up to 30 days. This includes 32 developed European countries, Australia, and New Zealand, which lead the number of tourists visiting Mongolia. The decision, aimed to attract foreign tourists and facilitate travel conditions, was made at the meeting of the Cabinet on 4th of January, 2023 and will be effective until the end of 2025. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126013 /MONTSAME/. In 2022, Mongolia traded with 160 countries from all over the world, and the total trade turnover reached USD 21.2 billion, of which exports were USD 12.5 billion and imports were USD 8.7 billion. The total foreign trade turnover increased by USD 5.2 (32.1%) billion, where exports increased by USD 3.3 (35.7%) billion and imports increased by USD 1.9 (27.2%) billion compared to the same period of the previous year. In December 2022, exports increased by USD 259.7 (22.9%) million and imports increased by USD 107.4 (14.8%) million compared to the previous month. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126012 /MONTSAME/. Khuvsgul aimag declared this year a “Year to Visit Khuvsgul” in order to develop sustainable tourism based on natural, historical, and cultural heritage. In the framework of this initiative, 11 special events are going to be held to increase the number of domestic and foreign tourists who visit the aimag. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126011 /MONTSAME/. MIAT Mongolian Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mongolian Tourism Association today. Accordingly, foreign tourists coming to our country can get a flight ticket with a 30% discount. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126010 The President complimented them for creating conditions for citizens to receive health and education services virtually and introducing electronic payment services, national data centers, and national geographic and language translation systems based on cloud systems. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126009 The women`s Team from Mongolia`s Royal International University won a Bronze medal by overcoming a side from Iran`s Islamic Azad University 15-12 at the FISU 3x3 Basketball World Cup. The Mongolian 3x3 Basketball Association congratulated its female athletes and Mongolia's State honored coach S. Tulga and wished them great success. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126008 The Intellectual Intelligence Museum of Mongolia is recorded in the new edition of the “Guinness World Records 2023” book and selected as the museum with the largest collection of chess sets in the world. The museum was established on August 13, 1990, and is the first private museum in Mongolia. A total of about 11,000 items including overall 5000 toys, puzzles, and games, and about 500 chess sets are on view. Some of them are crafted by the museum founder himself and some of them are collected from more than 130 countries. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126007 The Borjigon horse-head fiddle, which dates back to the 17th century, was brought back to its homeland and placed in the Mongolian Theater Museum. In 2004, a member of the Professors of Cultural Studies team at the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture, head of the Mongolian Ethnic Music Center, and ethnic music researcher D. Ganpurev organized this work to bring back the flaxen chestnut fiddle to Mongolia. The event continued with a “Horsehead Fiddle’s Historical Research” speech from him and an “Altai” music group performance. The flaxen chestnut horse-head fiddle was restored with two strings and was played by the fiddler D. Shinetsog. http://greatgenghis.com/post/126006 The Government of Mongolia announced 2023 and 2024 as "The Years to Visit Mongolia" and approved the slogan "Welcome to Mongolia." http://greatgenghis.com/post/121853 Ulaanbaatar City Tourism Department and ‘TanuSoft’ LLC will jointly implement 'UB Winter Sale' project. http://greatgenghis.com/post/121852 ‘Chinggis Khaan’ museum exposing 2,000 years of Mongolia’s history of kings, nobles, nomads people, and their statehood from the Mongol Empire to the beginning of the XX century, opened its door and held the Nine White Banners ceremony. http://greatgenghis.com/post/121850 The WDSF World Championship 2022 was held in Braunschweig, Germany on October 15. In this competition, representing Mongolia, the "Moon dance" and "Star" teams participated in the category of Formation Standard, and the “Khatan Tuul” team participated in Formation Latin with a team consisting of 107 people. Thus, the "Moon Dance" team won the silver medal for the first time in WDSF World Championship 2022, and it was a great success not only for Mongolia but also for Asia as no Asian team has ever won a medal in the competition before. http://greatgenghis.com/post/121414 One-Time English Language Performance for the Expat Community and Visitors of Ulaanbaatar http://greatgenghis.com/post/121413   Under the motto “Let’s Read More” the book festival was held for three days. The festival was organized on a wider scale this year to promote public reading, enrich collections and inventories of being kept by libraries, support children’s and youth’s desire to learn and disseminate knowledge. http://greatgenghis.com/post/121412    Soyombo’ exhibition brings 17th to 19th century art for view The National Museum of Mongolia, in cooperation with collector B.Amarsanaa, is presenting a special exhibition entitled “Soyombo National Symbol of Mongolia” to promote, recognize and pass on Mongolia’s historical and cultural heritage to future generations. B.Amarsanaa’s collection accounts for 60 percent of the exhibition while the rest is made up of artifacts from the medieval collection of the museum. http://greatgenghis.com/post/104207 http://greatgenghis.com/post/46356 he next full moon is the beautiful May Flower Moon and it is expected to bloom this Thursday.  http://greatgenghis.com/post/45635 Mongolian brothers in London, UK created a simulation mobile game with coronavirus killing missions during their quarantine time. L.Sansar, 11, and L.Ulziit, 9, named the game “2020 AR War” and put it on their website www.pixel-ed-gaming.com and App Store. AR stands for Augmented Reality. http://greatgenghis.com/post/41253 An English edition of “Secret History of the Mongols” audio book was placed in the Library of Congress, which is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the national library and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States, on March 2. http://greatgenghis.com/post/41241 Four-time World Champion and State Honored Athlete G.Ugalztsetseg competed in Arnold Classic 2020 with her daughter M.Moiloo from March 5 to 8 in Columbus, the USA. http://greatgenghis.com/post/40842 Five Mongolian judokas coached by B.Batgerel competed in the Warsaw Europe Open 2020, held in Warsaw, Poland from February 29 to March 1. http://greatgenghis.com/post/40663 The Hu has become one of the finalists for the Best International Breakthrough Band award of the fourth Heavy Music Award. http://greatgenghis.com/post/40516 State-owned Mongolian Oil Refinery LLC announced its intentions to commence assembling work for the new oil refinery in Mongolia this spring. http://greatgenghis.com/post/40448 Head of the Ulaanbaatar Council R.Dagva met with Ambassador of Poland in Mongolia Kshyshtof Boiko on February 19 to discuss cultural and political cooperation. http://greatgenghis.com/post/40153 A new exhibition “Mongolia is far and near” opened at the State Darwin Museum in Russia, is attracting attention from Mongolian and Russian students, academics, researchers, and locals. http://greatgenghis.com/post/39829 Mongolian athletes will participate in Ice Storm 2020 international extreme sport competition, set to be held on February 14 in Baikal Lake, Russia. http://greatgenghis.com/post/39396 Traveling exhibition “Genghis Khan: Bring the Legend to Life” was launched on February 1 at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. http://greatgenghis.com/post/39268 The World Wide Fund for Nature Office in Mongolia and Saiga Conservation Alliance conducted a survey on the saiga population in January and registered 5,074 Saiga tatarica (Mongolian Saiga), an increase of over 1,000 compared with the same period of last year. http://greatgenghis.com/post/39067 Delegates led by Minister of Environment and Tourism N.Tserenbat attended the second Asia Destination Film Forum, which aims to recognize the films that promote destinations through innovative and engaging storytelling, held in Bangkok, Thailand on January 30. http://greatgenghis.com/post/39059 Mongolian baritone E.Amartuvshin has been nominated as the eighth Opera Star at the International Opera Awards. http://greatgenghis.com/post/39046 The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMIS) reports that Mongolian peacekeepers have established a temporary medical service center to threat locals in desperate need of medical assistance. http://greatgenghis.com/post/38785 The Thousand Camel Festival will be held for the 23 years from March 6 to 7 in Dalanzadgad soum of Umnugovi Province. http://greatgenghis.com/post/38636 The Ulaanbaatar Winter Festival will take place for the 10th year at Sky Resort on February 8 and 9. http://greatgenghis.com/post/38305 On Monday evening, Chinese health officials confirmed a human-to-human infection of the new virus spreading in China, provisionally labeled as “2019-nCO V” http://greatgenghis.com/post/38298 Researchers of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia held a press conference about their joint research on camels and camel milk products on Wednesday. http://greatgenghis.com/post/37735 N.Adisha, a student of the Water Sports Training Center of Bayangol District, took the first place in the 25 meter breaststroke at the 2020 Jinan International Winter Swimming Competition on January 13 in Jinan, China. http://greatgenghis.com/post/37666 The Baikal Open Tournament Ice Fishing (BOTIF-2020) was hosted nearby Lake Baikal in Russia from January 5 to 6, with a Mongolian team named “Friends” winning first place, earning 100,000 RUB in prize. http://greatgenghis.com/post/37525 Mongolian Khunnu rock band The Hu reported that they will tour Europe on Jan 13. The Hu plan to visit Germany, Belgium, France, Norway, Ireland, UK, Austria, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Malaysia and other countries this year. http://greatgenghis.com/post/37349 Several media outlets such as Vanity Fair and ProPublica took a swipe at the US President’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., for having obtained a hunting permit from the Mongolian government days after he killed an endangered animal-argali. http://greatgenghis.com/post/21629 RIDING A HORSE TO MEET SHAMANS http://greatgenghis.com/post/21541 CAMELS AND MONASTERIES http://greatgenghis.com/post/17396 International Train Schedule http://greatgenghis.com/post/17395 “GOBI ANAR” ger lodge locates just nearby beautiful Khongor Sand dunes, in the territory of South Gobi Province Coming here you will experience the REAL Gobi in all its natural beauty, contrasting the amazing color of sand dunes with verdant green meadows along the Khongor stream. The rocky high mountains of Sevrei loom in the background. http://greatgenghis.com/post/17392 Your trip with GGE will provide you with the inside look at Mongolia in the way only we can share. http://greatgenghis.com/post/17356 ​​​​​​​TERELJ NATIONAL PARK WITH GENGHIS KHAN MONUMENT http://greatgenghis.com/post/17355 http://greatgenghis.com/post/17353 DAY TRIPS