North Korea Welcomes International Tourists After Five Years

In a major shift, North Korea has begun accepting international tourists again for the first time in five years, in a promising change for its struggling economy. A delegation of 13 tourists from different Western countries came the northeastern city of Rason for a visit from February 20 to 24 as one of the measures to reactivate the country’s foreign tourism.

Beijing-based Koryo Tours, which managed the trip, stated that travellers from the UK, Canada, Germany and other countries entered North Korea from China. The visitors have toured local factories, markets, schools as well as monuments honoring Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

North Korea shut off its border tightly in early 2020 to combat the COVID-19, prohibiting all foreign travel. Precise indications of re-opening nonetheless emerged last yr led to all over 880 Russian tourists becoming allowed admittance. Although Chinese group tours have remained suspended, analysts think their eventual return will be crucial for localising North Korea’s tourism industry.

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North Korea is said to be building up for showing off a large tourism facility on its eastern coast in June. Steep travel restrictions, for example, guide compulsory and snapshot prohibitions, could but deter visitors, nonetheless. Experts consider that Pyongyang’s gradual opening is a calculated move to earn the foreign currency it so badly needs amidst the economic hardships caused by sanctions and international isolation.

With the latest reports, the evidence says that south-east Asia’s bomb-maker is starting to come out of its shell, slowly, gradually investing more resources, ruling that more tours could open up in the coming months.

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