When Chinese people travel to North Korea, they enjoy "vice ministerial level treatment". Is it true that they are picked up and dropped off by car?

When Chinese people travel to North Korea,

they enjoy “vice ministerial level treatment”.

Is it true that they are picked up and dropped off by car?

Fans often ask me whether traveling in North Korea will not be a good travel experience. In their view, North Korea is a relatively backward country. The country's business is not very prosperous and the service industry is also in its infancy. So as tourists, will we have a bad time traveling to North Korea? . In fact, North Korea is different from other poor and backward regions in that other countries or regions support free travel.

As for North Korea, as tourists, we can only enter through group tours. North Korea, on the other hand, will only provide tourists with guarantees in all aspects of their stay and travel. Take the hotel stay as an example. After we arrived in North Korea, we stayed in a special-grade hotel in Pyongyang. There are two special-grade hotels in Pyongyang. They are Koryo Hotel and Yanggakdo International Hotel, which are domestic three-star or above hotels.

The above hotels are all very high-end hotel types in North Korea. However, due to North Korea's backwardness, the guest rooms of these hotels will not provide disposable supplies to tourists. Tourists are required to bring their own shampoo and conditioner. In terms of the hotel they stay in, what tourists enjoy when they go to North Korea is the treatment that North Koreans receive when they receive deputy ministerial-level cadres.

In addition, from the perspective of North Korean food, North Korean travel agencies mainly provide North Korean cold food to tourists, which has a lot to do with North Korean people’s food. But in comparison, if you travel to North Korea in winter and eat cold food regularly, it will be very uncomfortable for your stomach and intestines. In summer, it is more suitable due to the weather. Of course, if tourists are not satisfied with the food provided by the travel agency, they can also buy some other hot food at their own expense.

Regarding travel, since Chinese people travel to North Korea in group tours, tourists will be led by tour guides from the moment we enter North Korea. Generally, each North Korean tour guide is responsible for two or three tourists. This is very different from domestic tour guides, and it is enough to serve tourists well. During the days when you travel in North Korea, there will be buses to pick you up. The bus is made in China, making it very familiar to tourists when they see it.

It is worth mentioning that with the development of North Korea's tourism industry, North Koreans' entertainment and leisure facilities are also gradually improving. For example, the Koryo Hotel where we stayed has a supporting KTV, fitness, sauna and foot massage club. We, a group of tourists, were lucky enough to experience the foot massage service in North Korea. Generally speaking, it is good. It's just that in comparison, Chinese people traveling to North Korea will spend much more than locals, so if they bring enough cash to travel to North Korea, they can still live very comfortably.