Transportation

Mongolia is a landlocked country whose neighbors have developed transport infrastructure and facilities that are adequate to handle Mongolia's transit needs. A tripartite meeting among the representatives of Foreign Trade and Foreign Ministries of Mongolia, Russia and China held in Ulaanbaatar has agreed in principle that the three countries would sign an agreement on transit traffic. Visitors to Mongolia, wanting to get out into the countryside, will need one of two things time or a reasonable amount of money. Mongolia has a diverse range of landscapes and places to explore but an under-developed transport infrastructure makes travel to the major tourism locations difficult. Because of Mongolia’s large territory, travel times can be very long and prices very high compared to other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Planes, trains, buses and jeeps or minibuses are the major forms of transport within Mongolia.