North Korea Welcomes Tourists for 1st Time in 5 Years

North Korea just allowed tourists to visit for the first time in 5 years — and what they saw was shocking
A group of Western tourists were treated to a surreal performance of North Korean schoolchildren dancing and singing against a backdrop of animated ballistic missiles during the first officially sanctioned trip to the Hermit Kingdom in five years.
First British tourists allowed back into North Korea tell BBC what they saw
But tourism to North Korea is contentious, especially as travellers have been allowed back before aid workers and most Western diplomats, including the UK's. Critics, including Joanna Hosaniak from the Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, argue these trips mainly benefit the regime.
North Korea has reopened to Western tourists for the first time since the pandemic
A guide who took some of the first foreigners to North Korea in five years told BI that he had tourists from the UK, Jamaica, and Germany.
North Korea opens to a group of international travelers for the 1st time in years
In February 2024, North Korea accepted about 100 Russian tourists, the first foreign nationals to visit the country for sightseeing. That surprised many observers, who thought the first post-pandemic tourists would come from China, North Korea’s biggest trading partner and major ally.
North Korea Welcomes Tourists for the First Time in Five Years
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