Lodging options for incoming visitors to Mongolia have increased dramatically over the past decade. While current, comprehensive data on the number and type of hotels is haphazard at best, according to recent estimates, Mongolia was home to at least 20 four- and fivestar properties as of the end of 2013, in addition to an equal number of two- and three-star hotels,...
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Articles & Analysis | A substantial number of new hotels set to come on-line in Mongolia in the coming years from The Report: Mongolia 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | B. Indraa, Executive Director, Tourism for Future NGO, and Director of the Governing Board, Mongolia National Tourism Organisation: Interview from The Report: Mongolia 2015
How will being the official partner country for International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin 2015 benefit Mongolia’s tourism industry?
A steep rise in visitor numbers to Sri Lanka is driving growth in the country’s tourism industry, though a slowdown in the Chinese economy and problems in Russia could take the edge off the surge of arrivals later in the year.
The tourism industry has taken on an increasingly central role in Mongolia in recent years. In 2013 the country saw more than 415,000 incoming visitors and reported market turnover of $263m, which represented about 4% of GDP at the end of the year. These moves are in line with the government’s ambitious short-term and medium-term objectives, which include increasing international arrivals to...
Given the significant foreign direct investment needed to achieve its development goals, Mongolia has strong motivation to improve its attractiveness to investors. The government is therefore adjusting its policies, while new laws are expected to gradually reinvigorate foreign investment flows.
Articles & Analysis | A strong corporate base continues to anchor Nigeria's tourism sector from The Report: Nigeria 2015
As Nigeria receives little in the way of mainstream leisure travellers, the tourism sector is represented mainly by the domestic, visiting friends and family (VFF), and corporate travel segments. The country is ranked 178th globally in terms of the sector’s size relative to its GDP, with the direct and indirect contributions measured at 1.5% and 3%, respectively,...