The "Blue Pearl" Ice Festival, which is traditionally held every year to promote winter tourism in Khuvsgul province, will be held for the 20th year.

The festival is held on the southern edge of Khövsgöl Lake of which the clear, dark-blue ice forms a spectacular backdrop. The lake is located in the northernmost part of Mongolia, bordering Siberia. Being the country’s largest freshwater body (70% of the country’s total), Khövsgöl Lake is part of Mongolia’s so-called ‘ancient lakes’ of over a million years old and is called Dalai Ej or Mother Sea by Mongolians.