NORTH KOREA - puts restriction on tourists from China

Citing “a need to fix its roads and railways”, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has decided to suspend all tours from China.
The development comes at a stage when its been acknowledged that DPRK has attempted to attract foreign tourists as means of earning much needed foreign currency, but an underdeveloped service sector, inadequate infrastructure, and political tensions with surrounding countries have stymied these efforts. North Korea’s efforts to expand tourism have focused primarily on group tours from China and South Korea to the Mount Kumgang tourist area.

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