Mongolia tourism statistics: arrivals, nights and spend

Where Mongolia stands, September 2026

Mongolia in September: up on a year

Mongolia recorded 107,232 arrivals in September 2026, +21.0% on a year.

Among the destinations it competes with: North Macedonia -6.1%, Montenegro +5.5%, South Korea +23.3%, Lithuania -12.3%.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when October is published

At a glance

Latest month	September 2026
Arrivals	107,232
On a year	+21.0%
Year to date, on a year	+22.5%
Growth rank in Asia Pacific	3 of 5
Best month on record	August 2026
Trust grade	A, 100

Jet fuel, a gallon$4.39+110.1% on a year/v1/fuel

Growth 20266.2%projected/v1/economy/MN

This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/MN/briefAnalyst

Total, and the change on a year

ArrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %

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Mongolia against its rivals

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Mongolia.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=MNDeveloper

Country	Latest	Figure	On a year	Vs 2019	Year to date	Rivalry with Mongolia

The last six months

Month	Arrivals	On a year	Vs 2019	Vs 3-year average
Sep 2026	107,232	+21.0%	n/a	+34.9%
Aug 2026	165,261	+17.2%	n/a	+33.7%
Jul 2026	151,523	+17.7%	n/a	+27.6%
Jun 2026	125,609	+16.0%	n/a	+52.4%
May 2026	84,035	+26.6%	n/a	+50.4%
Apr 2026	64,597	+26.9%	n/a	+62.8%

The next three months

No forecast for Mongolia yet: it needs a longer monthly history in one unbroken series.

How it is worked out See the full outlook

Who Mongolia competes with for visitors

6 destinations chasing the same travellers

Ranked by how much of their visitors come from the same markets, how alike their seasons are, and how close they are in size. Open any of them to see its own rivals.

North MacedoniaRivalry 52

Same season and region

North Macedonia, July-6.1% · 114K

Mongolia, September+21.0% · 107K

MontenegroRivalry 43

Same season and region

Montenegro, July+5.5% · 226K

Mongolia, September+21.0% · 107K

South KoreaRivalry 42

ChinaJapanUnited States

South Korea, August+23.3% · 2.25M

Mongolia, September+21.0% · 107K

LithuaniaRivalry 42

Same season and region

Lithuania, July-12.3% · 198K

Mongolia, September+21.0% · 107K

LuxembourgRivalry 41

Same season and region

Luxembourg, July+11.6% · 205K

Mongolia, September+21.0% · 107K

NepalRivalry 41

Same season and region

Nepal, December-4.7% · 92K

Mongolia, September+21.0% · 107K

Mongolia is also a rival forTonga

Rivalry is worked out from the figures each destination publishes and is remade every day. As data: /v1/countries/MN/rivals, on Developer and up.

Measures held

Spend/v1/spend?country=MN

Recovery against 2019n/aNot worked out for Mongolia yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Analyst

Forecast, next 12 monthsn/aNot worked out for Mongolia yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Mongolia yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Mongolia

Measure	Frequency	Breakdown	Series	From	Latest
Arrivals	Monthly	Total	1	2023-01	2026-09
Arrivals	Monthly	Origin	249	2023-01	2026-09
Spend	Quarterly	Total	4	1998-Q1	2026-Q2
Spend	Quarterly	Purpose	2	2004-Q1	2026-Q2
Spend	Annual	Total	4	1981	2025
Spend	Annual	Purpose	2	2004	2025

Monthly arrivals: 100.0% of months held since 2023, none missing. See every month

Get Mongolia in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=MN" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o mn.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/MN.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

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