The following article is the sixth in a multipart series by Gareth Johnson of Young Pioneer Tours about being a North Korea tour guide. Views expressed in columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

North Korea may not have a reputation as a tourist mecca, but there are times — during big festivals, key anniversaries or the Mass Games — when the hotels of Pyongyang fill with sightseers from abroad.

Unfortunately, it is at such times of spectacle and excitement that the major shortcomings of the DPRK’s tourism industry in logistics and infrastructure