Tagged: Mongolia

Economical overview When Mongolia became free of Soviet influence in the early 1990s, a rapid transition to market economy was made. A modern monetary economy was gaining momentum in the cities, while the countryside...

ECOTOURISM Khentei Mountains The Khentei Mountains extend northeast of Ulaanbaatar. Their slopes are covered with larch forests inhabited by brown bears, wolves, lynxes, elks, deer, wild deer, roe deer, musk deer, wolverines, hogs, squirrels and...

Inhabited since prehistoric times, Mongolia saw various ethnic groups impose themselves on its territories: the Huns created a great tribal empire and were then replaced by Turkish peoples who reigned until the arrival of...