📋 Tender Overview
Scope :
1. The transaction technical assistance (ta) will support the implementation of the sustainable tourism development project (phase 2) (stdp2) in mongolia. Developing mongolias tourism sector is a high priority under national recovery efforts to revitalize the economy following the coronavirus disease (covid-19) pandemic. The stdp2 will support the development of tourism in three aimags (provinces) of western mongolia--an area of national priority for economic development--focused on inclusive benefits for communities, nature-based solutions to protect wilderness and heritage values, and post-covid-19 recovery and resilience. The stdp2 is aligned with the following impact: sustainable tourism development in mongolia improved and diversified. The expected outcome of the stdp2 is: sustainability and inclusiveness of tourism in western mongolia increased. The stdp2 has four outputs: (i) inclusive planning and capacity for community-based tourism enhanced, (ii) enabling infrastructure constructed, (iii) sanitation and waste management improved, and (iv) management of cultural heritage sites and protected areas strengthened. The executing agency is the ministry of environment and tourism (met), acting through the department of tourism policy coordination (dtpc). The stdp2 is supported by a regular loan of $30. 0 million from the asian development banks (adb) ordinary capital resources and a grant of $2. 0 million from the japan fund for prosperous and resilient asia and the pacific.
The ta will support a key component under output 4 of the stdp2: establishing mongolias first digital museum for the conservation of rock art heritage, livelihoods and tourism. The digital museum will include high-quality two- and three-dimensional virtual displays of the unique rock art of western mongolia, including from a cave system--tsenkher cave (tsc)--in khovd aimag; establish a digital inventory of rock art and other heritage sites; and develop an online platform to promote digital tourism based on heritage values. The digital museum will be housed within a visitor center in khovd aimag to be constructed under the stdp2. The center, digital museum, and access to the tsc will be managed by the khovd aimag government in collaboration with met, through an integrated approach for operation and maintenance (o&m), entry fees, and guided visits to and protection of the tsc
Sector / Subsector: Industry and trade / trade and services
Last PDS Update: 25 aug 2022
