March 19, 2024
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About 70-80,000 Chinese tourists visit North Korean port area annually: report

Chinese and Russian interest in North Korea tourism remain active, expert says

About 70-80,000 Chinese tourists are visiting Rajin each year, a northeastern North Korean special economic zone that borders China and Russia, a trip report released on Thursday by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) suggested.

The number – which is notably high for the region given growing sanctions against the North – was calculated based on anecdotal data gained from a trip the report author took to the region in July, 2017.

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