Sometimes people ask strange things through our shop website. My brother worked on an email and here’s a Mongolian boots design he ended up arranging for a buyer. Mongolians don’t use black and red color combination in boots design. Or it must be rare that we have not seen it before. The result is this: simple 2 colors.
Winter is a slow time for most tourism companies in Mongolia. Except Ice Festival held on Huvsgul lake and Camel Festival in Gobi, both organized right after the White Moon or Lunar New Year Celebration, not many tours take place. Dog sled travel is organized by a company. In general the activity is uncomparable to summer’s.
What we did was to use the potential of our online shop http://www.mogultravel.com/artscrafts. Certainly it helped pay the rent. Established big companies owning fleets of cars may not feel pressure during this harsh time. But we did better this year thanks to this diversification. Seems like a way to weather out the cold financial low time is up.
Here is a somewhat belated post after months. Every year the Ministry of Touism organizes Tourism event at Misheel Expo Center in March or April. This is a time when tour camps, hotels, restaurants gather to show their offers. Folk performance bands show their plays, throat singing, contortion and mask dances. These bands, ensembles, and artists also benefit from the tourism season. Here are few pictures:
Throat singers group performing on the stage while boys’ team donning yellow hats waits to play the horse headed fiddle.
Presentation of a ger camp in Gobi.
