Mongolia is historically linked with the "Silk Road", known as a golden link in the history of roads. Camels, horses and ox carts were the basic means of transport in ancient Mongolia. But modern means of transport began to be seen in Mongolia only at the beginning of the 20th century. The transport sector plays a very important role in the development of Mongolia which is unique with its vast territory and sparsely settled population.
Mongolia has plans to be connected to the road network of South Asia and Europe in the near future through the "Millennium Road". The Mongolian transportation sector consists of 4 sub-sectors, namely road transport, railway transport, air transport and water transport. Compared with the same period of the previous year, freight increased by 466.1 thous.t or 12.7 percent, also passengers increased by 7.9 mln. persons or 30.9 percent in 2003.
