North Korea Tourism Comes 1 Step Closer

Foreign tourists to return to North Korea for first time since Covid-19 pandemic
Tour companies are resuming trips to North Korea's Rason region, with tours scheduled for March, despite continued travel restrictions for South Koreans and Americans.
Foreign tour operators return to North Korea ahead of possible reopening
Representatives from two Western travel agencies crossed into North Korea Thursday for the first time since the isolated regime closed its borders five years ago, raising hopes for new tour offerings to a border city.
North Korea Tourism Comes One Step Closer
North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since.
Overseas tour agents enter N. Korea for 1st time in 5 yrs amid resumption of foreign tourism
Foreign tour agents have entered North Korea for the first time since it closed its borders to tourism in 2020 due to COVID-19, to inspect new tourism sites, a tour agency's website said Friday, amid signs of Pyongyang reopening to foreign tourists.
Western tour operators enter North Korea for first time since pandemic
Western tour operators enter North Korea for first time since pandemic Western tour agencies entered North Korea for the first time on Thursday since the end of the pandemic, the companies said, voicing hopes the isolated country may soon reopen a border city to foreign visitors.
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