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 01Unpacking North Korea’s silence on redefining its border with the South 02How Iran’s massive missile salvo on Israel previews North Korean tactics 03Where things stand with North Korea’s unfinished crusade against reunification 04Shigeru Ishiba’s ambitions for nuke sharing to deter North Korea face long odds 05Why Seoul needs to do more to spotlight North Korea’s defiance of cyber norms 06What to make of North Korea and Vietnam’s push to bolster military ties 07Fraying ties: Quantifying the apparent deterioration in DPRK-China relations 08Why South Korea going nuclear could spell good news for North Korea

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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

01Unpacking North Korea’s silence on redefining its border with the South
02How Iran’s massive missile salvo on Israel previews North Korean tactics
03Where things stand with North Korea’s unfinished crusade against reunification
04Shigeru Ishiba’s ambitions for nuke sharing to deter North Korea face long odds
05Why Seoul needs to do more to spotlight North Korea’s defiance of cyber norms
06What to make of North Korea and Vietnam’s push to bolster military ties
07Fraying ties: Quantifying the apparent deterioration in DPRK-China relations
08Why South Korea going nuclear could spell good news for North Korea

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