Category Archives: Tourism

Recollections of an Airport

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes An international airport is a gateway to a country. For me, apart from a Transsiberian trip in 1991 (watch my Twitter account later in July for a mini 30-year commemoration of my trip), the Ulaanbaatar airport has … Continue reading →

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Ministers in Khurelsukh’s Cabinet

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes, Marissa Smith and Bulgan Batdorj Byambajav has already provided a brief introduction to the 16 ministers who have been appointed to PM Khurelsukhs post-2020-election cabinet. Since a number of them are not MPs and have not been … Continue reading →

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National Pride Without Museums

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes It’s tourist season in Mongolia again. Tourism has been discussed as a possible route to economic diversification, but also faces a number of challenges, for example short seasons and the lack of touring infrastructure. But during a … Continue reading →

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Tourism: Standardization in Diversification

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes In June, I visited Mongolia as a tourist for the first time. Well, sort of. On my 26th visit to Mongolia, I accompanied a tour to provide some insights into contemporary Mongolia to complement a Mongolian tour … Continue reading →

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Camping Nomads

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes Historically, Mongolians are a nation of “campers”. While perhaps less than a third of them still are mobile pastoralists, and even they are less mobile than they once were, nomadism and the movable home still play large … Continue reading →

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Tourism Clusters, Domestic Tourism, and RVs

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes When I actually visit Mongolia (not often enough, but 1-4 times/year over past dozen years or so), I have many conversations where I learn more and more about Mongolia, but that also raise other questions. If I … Continue reading →

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What to Call a Trump-Kim Summit?

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes Yes, an actual meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump still seems somewhat unlikely, and the chance that it would happen in Ulaanbaatar is even smaller. But if it did happen … there are some plans to … Continue reading →

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Sounds of a Ger

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes For any visitor to Mongolia who has the chance to sleep in a ger, that is probably a highlight. I enjoy it every time I have a chance. One of the aspects that often makes it a … Continue reading →

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Trust in Mongolian Youth

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes I went to Arkhangai with my mother to show her a bit of the Mongolian countryside (and also give me a chance to learn more about the election campaign). We had a wonderful time. On our way … Continue reading →

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Thoughts and Comments on Organic Mongolia

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes Early in December a bit of inspiration struck after I had read an ADB blog post and received a lot of responses to a tweet about that post. I wondered aloud whether it would be possible for … Continue reading →

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What if Mongolia Went All-Organic?

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes I recently re-tweeted an ADB tweet about one of their blog posts, “The Foreseeable Future of Mongolia’s Agriculture” So important to note that “#Mongolia’s agriculture […] is organic, less polluted” thus huge, high-value potential in East Asia.#yummy … Continue reading →

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Navigating by Fibreoptic Cable

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Julian Dierkes

[Somehow this post got stuck in the drafts folder on the blog dashboard in July 2013 and lingered there for quite some time until I found it again in summer 2016.] Pardon the very general and somewhat cranky, er, excursion here… … Continue reading →

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Back in Ulaanbaatar Town

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

Für Mongolei Nostalgiker… 懐かしいねえ After too long an absence, I’m back in Ulaanbaatar. Returning 1-3 times per year over the last eight years has given me time lapse glimpses of rapid developments in Ulaanbaatar. At ULN, I was delighted to … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Mongolian Medical Tourism Industry on the Rise

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

More and more people are traveling to receive medical care abroad. This is true of Mongolians as well and researchers from SFU are exploring the impact of this medical tourism on local health care systems. Continue reading →

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The Effect of Mongolia’s Mining Boom on the Tourism Industry

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

How mining poses a challenge to the budding Mongolian tourism industry and what to do about this challenge. Continue reading →

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