According to the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST), demand for organized tours to North Korea among Russian tourists is increasing. Three tourist groups have already visited the country during the period of February-March of this year.
Inna Mukhina, the director of the Vladivostok-based company "Vostok-Intour," notes the growing interest in this destination: "Demand for this direction is high, so the organization of tours will continue, and the geography of tourism in the DPRK will expand. On average, we recruit about two groups per month."
The number of regions from which requests for travel are coming is also increasing. Requests come from various regions of Russia, including Yakutia, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Perm, Ryazan, Novosibirsk, Moscow, and St. Petersburg.
Mukhina also notes that North Korean partners take into account the comments and wishes of Russian tour operators based on the results of group trips. She gives an example of equipment renewal at the "Masikryong" ski resort after comments about the lack of snowboards.
In February 2024, the first group of Russian tourists in four years visited North Korea - 100 people visited Pyongyang and the "Masikryong" ski resort. Two more such trips took place in March.
Inna Mukhina, the director of the Vladivostok-based company "Vostok-Intour," notes the growing interest in this destination: "Demand for this direction is high, so the organization of tours will continue, and the geography of tourism in the DPRK will expand. On average, we recruit about two groups per month."
The number of regions from which requests for travel are coming is also increasing. Requests come from various regions of Russia, including Yakutia, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Perm, Ryazan, Novosibirsk, Moscow, and St. Petersburg.
Mukhina also notes that North Korean partners take into account the comments and wishes of Russian tour operators based on the results of group trips. She gives an example of equipment renewal at the "Masikryong" ski resort after comments about the lack of snowboards.
In February 2024, the first group of Russian tourists in four years visited North Korea - 100 people visited Pyongyang and the "Masikryong" ski resort. Two more such trips took place in March.