Mongolia's Khuvsgul Lake getting ready for tourists
STORY: Mongolia's Khuvsgul Lake getting ready for tourists
DATELINE: June 11, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:13
LOCATION: Ulan Bator
CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Khuvsgul Lake
STORYLINE:
Khuvsgul Lake, located in the northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgul near the Russian border, is getting closer to welcoming tourists, according to the provincial governor's office.
The ice of the frozen lake is melting, and domestic and foreign tourists can travel to the lake starting from June 15, it said.
Khuvsgul Lake holds nearly 70 percent of Mongolia's fresh water, or 0.4 percent of the world's total.
The lake is 1,645 meters above sea level, 136 km long and 262 meters deep.
The Mongolian government has been taking many measures to better protect the lake's ecosystem and develop sustainable tourism around the lake, which is a main tourist destination in the country.
The Asian country has set a goal of welcoming 1 million foreign tourists and earning 1 billion U.S. dollars from tourism in the coming
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