Ulaanbaatar railway company to reduce loss through tea road project www.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The second Mongolia-Russia-China Tourism Ministers’ meeting was held on June 21 in Ulan-Ude, capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia attracting an audience of nearly 200 tourism delegations and journalists of the three countries.
Following the plan outline for building trilateral economic corridor, the tourism authorities have jointly set up the “Tea Road” international tourism alliance. Within the framework of “Tea Road” project, Chinese side set goals to send one million tourists to the tourist zone in Lake Baikal in 2018.
At the meeting, Ulaanbaatar Railway Company (UBTZ) informed that situating cross-border bullet train in the Ulaanbaatar-Erkhuu route for transporting one million Chinese tourists would be beneficial for reducing the amount of stops at Sukhbaatar and Naushki border stations. Accordingly, the bullet train will be able to transport 6-8 carts daily.
The officials noted that the implementation of “Tea Road” project will reduce transport loss of Ulaanbaatar Railway Company and increase tourism revenues starting from 2018.
Published Date:2017-06-28