The beautiful country that's one of the best places to visit but is empty nearly all year

The stunning Asian country is completely landlocked and has a very small population (Image: Getty) A vast and incredibly sparsely populated country is 99.7 percent empty but has been tipped as the top destination to visit this year. The Asian nation of Mongolia is primarily covered by expansive grasslands and semi-desert areas.

Historically, it was the heart of a massive empire led by Genghis Khan which stretched all the way to Western Europe. At its zenith, it spanned an impressive nine million square miles, making it the largest contiguous land empire in world history. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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