In 1990, Russians made up 90% of the 137,400 visitors. By 1995, the percentage had dropped to 26% due to the decrease in business visits. In 1997 most business visits were from China and Russia whereas leisure visitors were predominantly from Japan, Germany, France, UK and USA. The number of leisure tourists visiting Mongolia has increased almost every year.
The details of arrivals in 1999 are as follows:
Total number of visitors 158,743
Number of leisure tourists 34,049
Number of tourists by area
- Africa 124
- Americas 6069
- Europe 72,430
- East Asia & the Pacific 79,421
- South Asia 584
- Middle East 115
Number of leisure arrivals
- China 7588
- Russia 3668
- USA 2756
- Korea 2496
- Germany 1533
- UK 882
- France 725
- Singapore 648
- Australia 603
- Italy 368
Other tourism-related statistics
International Tourism Receipts (1998) US$32.5 million% of Gross Domestic Product (1998)
3.7% of Exports (1998)10.2