Over all 150 camels from 20 different sum’s of 6 provinces came to participate.
The Minister Mr.Battulga of Ministry of Agricultural and Industrial has stated that: Mongolian government has concentrated on plans for herders for over long time. This is one the few management activaties for decreasing number of camels in the last few years. This is the 10th Anniversary of Camel Polo. Camel number has reached 900 thousand in 1950; however the numbers have fallen to 200 thousand by 2002 which there are about 300 thousand camels today. So we have to organize activities to help the population of the camels. And this is one of them.
Ts.Oyungerel of Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism has said that she would like to express her gratitude to the herders who came to show strength and endurance of their two humped camels.
The camels you are protecting and looked after are one of the main assets of tourism in Mongolia. We have decided to make camel polo a national brand with the collaboration of Camel Polo Association NGO and Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism.
