What happens to a tour operator in winter in Mongolia?
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.