Time To Add North Korea To Your Bucket List As The Country Is Set To Open For International Tourists After 5 Years!

After five years of shutdown, North Korea is all set to reopen its borders for international tourists from December this year. As per reports, the country plans to resume limited international tourism in its northeastern city of Samjiyon by the end of 2024. The rest of the country might subsequently open for foreign tourists in phases. Read on to know more about this.

North Korea To Reopen Borders For International Tourists In December

After shutting its borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly five years, North Korea has decided to reopen to international tourists by December 2024. As per a CNN report, the country will be open for limited foreign tourists in its northeastern city of Samjiyon by the end of this year.

This news was announced by two tour operators with ties to North Korea, Koryo Tours based in Beijing and KTG Tours from Shenyang. They announced this news on their websites on August 15. Koryo Tours announced on its website, “We have received confirmation from our local partner that tourism to Samjiyon and likely the rest of the country will officially resume in December 2024.”

KTG Tours also announced the news on their Facebook page. Although, both of them have mentioned that no dates for the tours have been finalised yet. They have, however, reported that there are chances that other cities in North Korea might subsequently open for tourists in phases.

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Tourists Allowed To Visit Samjiyon By The End Of 2024

North Korea sealed its international borders after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Now, after nearly five years, they have finally decided to resume international tourism by the end of 2024. Tourists will be allowed to visit the city of Samjiyon by December 2024. The city is believed to be the birthplace of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

As per The Times of India report, Samjiyon is located near the Chinese border and has modern apartments, hotels, a ski resort, and various cultural, and commercial facilities. It is to be noted that international flights to and from North Korea resumed last year. So far, only a small group of Russian tourists have been allowed to visit the country for a private tour.

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So, are you planning to add North Korea to your travel bucket list for next year? Let us know in the comments.

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