Analyse how Mongolia is modernisin

Mongolia, a country surrounded by Russia and China, yet it is not much of a significant part of the world. It had a population of 2.1 million back in 1989 and has slowly grown in size up to 2.6 million. Mongolia seems as it is unknown from the world being nomadic like it people but it is slowly modernising over the years. Housing, transportation, international aid and tourism have all helped Mongolia develop over the past century.

Mongolians have been around for a long time and some of there are still nomadic so they live in gers, traditional Mongolian homes. These gers are their homes which they move every 2 years or so. There are many situated around the capital, Ulaanbaatar although they have bad hygiene. Now some of them have modernised and have started living in proper housing within the main cities. Fortunately to help the Mongols, over time the Mongolian Government has committed to building thousands of new housing units to help alleviate the housing shortage. This will most likely help modernise the country and less people will have gers.          

During 1921, the transportation industry in Mongolia was very primitive with only horse                relay stations along caravan routes. During 1925, the Mongolian government began taking transportation into consideration and modernising it. They began building hard surface roads and railways. During this construction process animals such as horses and camels were still the predominant form of transportation. In the 1950s Russia continued the railroad construction. In the 1950s China helped Mongolia in continuing their road construction. Since 1960s their modernisation of a transportation system they have begun to slowly modernise into the future.

Along time Mongolia began to expand even though it was a third world country. Countries like the US, eagerly helped Mongolia providing aid and support in expanding education, combating HIV and reducing the infant mortality rate. Through this it can receive the help it needs for modernising with the rest of the world. It can gain new technology and gain a better economy although the poverty rate remains at 33 per cent. Although leaving the main cities does mean something along the lines of leaving civilisation, they now have internet and mobile phones are available in the smaller villages and the capital Ulaanbaatar is forever growing into a modern city. This shows that they have adapted to the new things yet still follow there nomadic ways.

 Tourism in Mongolia has dramatically changed. The Mongolian government promotes tourism for development and investment attraction. It has rapidly grown during the last decade. Now there are up to 500 different tourism related companies registered there. The number of tourists increases every year.