March 15, 2013

Mongolia became one of the most unfriendly nations for tourists worldwide

Mongolia became one of the most unfriendly nations for tourists worldwide: "The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 rated 140 countries according to their attractiveness and ability to develop their travel and tourism industries. It used a combination of data from publicly available sources, international travel and tourism institutions and experts.
The report examined the "attitude of a population toward foreign visitors", with a score of one being very unwelcome and seven very welcome. Bolivia was ranked the least tourist-friendly nation in the world, at 140th place it received a score of 4.1. It was closely followed in the unfriendly stakes by Venezuela, the Russian Federation, Kuwait, Pakistan, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Latvia and Iran.
Mongolia ranked slightly  better at 131st place with a rating of 5.5 but is still on the bottom 10 of all nations worldwide !
However, all African, Central Asian and Asian countries listed on the report achieved higher scores than Mongolia."

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