North Korea offered top-performing “communist mothers” sightseeing flights over Pyongyang last week aboard a Soviet-era turboprop plane, according to state media, in a rare report on a novel form of domestic tourism.
The tours, made in an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18 built in 1969, were reportedly set up to offer patriotic citizens unique views of new skyscraper developments in the capital.
North Korea offered top-performing “communist mothers” sightseeing flights over Pyongyang last week aboard a Soviet-era turboprop plane, according to state media, in a rare report on a novel form of domestic tourism.
The tours, made in an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18 built in 1969, were reportedly set up to offer patriotic citizens unique views of new skyscraper developments in the capital.
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