Touring North Korea part 1: The lay of the land



Analysis Touring North Korea part 1: The lay of the land Tourist numbers, operators, and how to visit the DPRK Robin Tudge July 20, 2016 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korea — Pyongyang, Arirang (Mass Games) by (stephan) on 2007-08-01 21:56:17 The essence of the North Korean tourism industry is homogeneity and control. Visitors to North Korea, wherever they come from, go on guided tours and follow intense, mainly non-negotiable itineraries that vary little from tour to tour. Guides assigned to their groups accompany them from their arrival to their departure, by train or plane. Such tours are a typical tourist format for East Asia, and a continuation of the tourism format formerly found in China and the Soviet Union. Most of North Korea’s current tourism infrastructure, hotels and so forth date from the halcyon Soviet Internationale Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea starts new project at large-scale military training base 02How North Korea could leverage China’s DeepSeek AI model for military, cyber ops 03North Korea lets slip where special forces trained before Russia deployment 04Trump’s first-week overtures on North Korea are unlikely to entice Kim Jong Un 05In changing world, North Korea has little to gain from pro-regime sympathizers 06Why North Korea’s top military official may have been quietly demoted once again 07Where North Korea ranks in Trump’s foreign policy priorities for term two 08Why guidance systems are the Achilles’ heel of North Korea’s missile arsenal 09Why North Korea’s United Front Department likely survived anti-unification push 10How North Korea compels citizens to spy on each other with new surveillance law

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Touring North Korea part 1: The lay of the land

Tourist numbers, operators, and how to visit the DPRK

Robin Tudge July 20, 2016

Touring North Korea part 1: The lay of the land

North Korea — Pyongyang, Arirang (Mass Games) by (stephan) on 2007-08-01 21:56:17

The essence of the North Korean tourism industry is homogeneity and control. Visitors to North Korea, wherever they come from, go on guided tours and follow intense, mainly non-negotiable itineraries that vary little from tour to tour. Guides assigned to their groups accompany them from their arrival to their departure, by train or plane. Such tours are a typical tourist format for East Asia, and a continuation of the tourism format formerly found in China and the Soviet Union.

Most of North Korea’s current tourism infrastructure, hotels and so forth date from the halcyon Soviet Internationale

01North Korea starts new project at large-scale military training base
02How North Korea could leverage China’s DeepSeek AI model for military, cyber ops
03North Korea lets slip where special forces trained before Russia deployment
04Trump’s first-week overtures on North Korea are unlikely to entice Kim Jong Un
05In changing world, North Korea has little to gain from pro-regime sympathizers
06Why North Korea’s top military official may have been quietly demoted once again
07Where North Korea ranks in Trump’s foreign policy priorities for term two
08Why guidance systems are the Achilles’ heel of North Korea’s missile arsenal
09Why North Korea’s United Front Department likely survived anti-unification push
10How North Korea compels citizens to spy on each other with new surveillance law

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