Mongolia makes Lonely Planet’s Top 10 destinations for travelers

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The world’s most popular travel guide book Lonely Planet has included Mongolia in the List of Best Travel Countries for 2017 in its latest issue. Mongolia was described in the seventh place in the article with a headline “Ten destinations you cannot afford to miss”. It said: “In 2017 Mongolia will raise the curtain on a brand-new capital-city airport, a state-of- the-art facility that symbolises the country’s rapid modernisation. Ulaanbaatar has been the biggest beneficiary of the economic boom, its transformed skyline bristling with glass and steel towers. At the centre of this development is a US$500-million Shangri-La complex, which will be completed by 2017, featuring a 290-room hotel, an IMAX cinema and a Hard Rock Café. Beyond the capital lies Mongolia’s stunning countryside, highlighted by Lake Khuvsgul, the Blue Pearl of Asia. In 2015 the lake was connected to Ulaanbaatar by paved road, cutting driving time by 10 hours”.