Lion City to partner Ulaanbaatar

The President of Singapore Changi International Airport, W.W.Liong and Vice president L.C.Kiat exchanged views with officials from the Ulaanbaatar Tourism Board to develop the flow of tourists between Mongolia and Singapore. The discussion was about promoting mutually beneficial tourism and further developing non-stop flights to Singapore from Ulaanbaatar to attract flows of passengers from Central Asia, the Far East and Siberian region during a visit in Mongolia.

It is estimated almost 8000 citizens from the two countries travel to each other a year. If there is a non-stop flight the number of passengers is projected to increase making a new way for tourists from East Asia and Australia to Mongolia.

One of the largest and well-known international airports, Changi Airport was awarded the best marketing airport in Asia-Pacific region in 2012. Currently 109 airline companies arrange 6,478 flights to 235 cities in 61 countries in one week from the airport.

Changi International Airport, which receives 52 million passengers a year, is to cooperate with the Ulaanbaatar Tourism Board on tourism promotion and marketing.