North Korea Travel Guide and Precautions

North Korea is the most mysterious country in the world, full of ancient and heavy atmosphere. Long-term isolation from the outside world, everyone's enthusiasm for traveling to North Korea is still very high. This is a detailed travel guide to North Korea.

Matters needing attention in raiders

1. You can only travel with a group travel agency, but you can't travel freely. North Korea is not allowed to travel freely, and members of the delegation are not allowed to walk around without a tour guide, such as shopping by themselves at night. North Korea does not allow foreign tourists to walk around without local people. If you want to go out to play, you can find a local guide to accompany you at the hotel.

Passports are definitely necessary. However, in order not to affect your travel to other countries (especially the United States), North Korea's tourist visas are generally paper and can be thrown away without worrying about leaving traces. Generally, a copy of passport and ID card should be sent to the travel agency one week in advance.

Don't worry about language problems. Local tour guides are all trained, with high academic qualifications and fluent Chinese. If you chat, they can understand without dialect.

4. No need to change money. North Korea does not allow Korean currency to flow out. All the tourist-related shops that local tour guides take you to can be purchased directly in RMB cash. If you want to keep the won as a souvenir, you can secretly ask the tour guide if he would like to exchange it for you.

Now North Korea is allowed to take photos, but it is not allowed to take photos of North Korean soldiers. Of course, it's ok to shoot secretly to avoid being discovered, or you will be asked to delete it. Besides, you should pay special attention to DSLR and cameras. There will be Korean soldiers checking luggage, especially cameras, on the train. Pay a little attention to some camera photos and video images on your mobile phone. Remember to delete Korean dramas.

6. Don't worry about food and shelter. It is still very friendly to local tourists in China, and the food and accommodation are good. However, there are many cold foods in North Korea, and people who like hot food may be even more sad.

7. Everything in tourist attractions is similar, but the prices will be different. It is recommended to buy more in the scenic shopping area of the city. The shopping area in Panmunjom (yes, there is a shopping area with an agreement near the 38th parallel) is nearly 30% more expensive than some shopping areas in the city.

Finally, for many people, the biggest purpose of traveling to North Korea is curiosity. People usually choose to cross the Yalu River from Dandong, and the train takes about four hours.

You can set aside half a day to a day to visit Dandong. The Yalu River Bridge is naturally a must-see attraction. There is also a local Jinjiang Mountain Park. It's nice to see the scenery on the mountain.

The travel agency's four-day tour of North Korea costs around 2300-2800. The difference lies in the hotel. Yangjiao Island Hotel has better conditions and will be more expensive. Whether to buy this is up to the individual. Duty-free shops in Pyongyang are not cheap. You can usually buy some postal books, postcards, posters, books, badges and so on.

Postcards cost five to seven yuan, and stamp albums are more memorable, with prices ranging from twenty to sixty. Many people will buy ginseng. It is best not to buy in bulk. China Customs doesn't allow it. You should buy canned ones.

In addition, photographers take photos and videos in various places in the local travel society, and finally burn them into CDs as souvenirs to sell to tourists, about 15 1 piece. In a word, China tourists who want to visit should abide by the rules reminded by the tour guide and don't make trouble. Basically, they had a good time upstream.

In fact, there is really nothing to see except the local planned route. Generally, the scenic spots that take you are Pyongyang, Panmunjom, Miaoxiangshan and other famous scenic spots. The buildings in Pyongyang are very good. They are all high-rise buildings and large buildings.

But out of Pyongyang, the conditions are really poor, the roads are uneven, and there are fields on both sides. Other cities are similar to small towns in China in the 1980s, and the natural scenery in Miaoxiangshan and other places is really quite good. After all, the undeveloped natural scenery is beautiful.