Mongolian steppe

Mongolia’s tourism push plays up open spaces and adventures such as reindeer sleigh rides

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Mongolia’s tourism push plays up open spaces and adventures such as reindeer sleigh rides

With its reindeer sleigh rides, camel racing and stunning landscapes with room to roam, Mongolia is hoping to woo visitors who are truly looking to get away from it all. Like most countries, its tourism industry was devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and it has launched a “Welcome to MonGOlia” campaign to win people back. … Read more

The real digital nomads: how, on the Mongolian steppe, mobile internet is helping save nomadic traditions

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The real digital nomads: how, on the Mongolian steppe, mobile internet is helping save nomadic traditions

Together with his brother, they own much of the livestock they look after as they wander the vast Mongolian landscape. Gers and sheep at a river in a mountainous area of Selenge, Mongolia. Photo: Shutterstock Out here, there are no other people around. The steppe of the northeastern Khentii province seems to stretch endlessly in … Read more