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Travel and tourism, which is called ‘non- smoked industry’ is now one of the largest industries in the world. For the last 50 years period international tourism in the entire world and in some of its regions has been influenced by many negative occurrences such as radical changes in climate, natural disasters like earthquakes or tsunami, the influenza A(H1N1) virus, HIV and avian flu, social conflicts and regional wars or terrorism. However, the tourism industry in most countries has shown its aptitude to overcome those problems and develop more rapidly. The development of international tourism has been characterized by continuing geographical spread and diversification of tourist destinations. Today tourism is a priority industry for not only developed countries but also many smaller nations around the world such as Mongolia in the belief that it will lead to economic growth. This paper discusses the current situation and development trends of the tourism in Mongolia in relation to Asian region and the rest of the world, accompanied by suggestions on how to improve the international tourism in Mongolia.