How to travel to North Korea?

To sum up, North Korea's tourism is not open for free travel at present. If you want to go, the only way is to sign up for a tour. If you want to sign up for a tour, you can sign up in the border cities of China and North Korea or some websites, but I suggest that travel agencies on the border of China and North Korea sign up. They have many years of experience in operating North Korean tourist routes. China-DPRK tourism is easily influenced by policies. Please consult the local travel agency before joining the tour.

Generally speaking, there are two mainstream routes to travel to the DPRK. One is to take an international train from Dandong to Pyongyang, usually 4 days and 3 nights, visit the Revolutionary Museum, watch the performance of the Children's Palace, and go to the garrison area of the same military region (the 38th parallel). The price of this line is around 2000 yuan. The other one is more than Dandong, but it's a one-day tour. From Dandong to Sinuiju, opposite the Yalu River, you can visit museums, art galleries and performances of kindergarten children in Sinuiju, and the price is generally 700-800. In addition, there are other relatively small routes to North Korea, such as a half-day hiking tour to Wencheng County, North Hamgyong Province, a tour group to Qibaoshan, a holiday resort on the east coast of North Korea, and a one-day tour from Baishan to Huishan, North Korea. The tour period of these minority routes is uncertain, so be sure to call the local travel agency to confirm whether there is a tour.

Will going to North Korea leave a mark on your passport?

Many people will worry that traveling to North Korea will affect their future trips to Europe and America after their passports leave traces. Entry from land ports, such as Dandong Port, has only the exit stamp of China Customs on the passport, while the North Korean Customs has no entry stamp. If you fly to Pyongyang from the plane, you must leave a mark on your passport. If you are still worried about leaving the exit stamp of China Customs at the border between China and North Korea, you can apply for a one-time special pass for entry and exit tourism. This is a blue notebook, the same size as a passport. It is valid for one-day entry and exit, but it can only be used for one-day trips to North Korea. You need to go to the local public security department one or two days before leaving the country. Travel agencies usually organize travel participants to apply for this pass.

What are the precautions after entering North Korea?

There are many points for attention when traveling to North Korea: regarding the mobile phone problem, one-day tours are not allowed to bring mobile phones, but multi-day tours are allowed; Telephoto lenses are not allowed to be brought into North Korea; It is strictly forbidden to bring in pictorial and books about the United States and South Korea; Watches and USB flash drives with GPS positioning are not allowed to be brought in; Korean currency is not allowed to enter the country. To sum up, everything that may endanger the North Korean regime is not allowed. Traveling in North Korea, many actions are restricted. For example, people can't take pictures casually, soldiers can't take pictures, and don't take pictures in places where driving vehicles and other places are not allowed to take pictures; When taking a photo with the bronze statue of the Kim family, you must shoot the whole body, but you must not lie on the ground in order to shoot the whole body, and you must remain solemn in front of the bronze statue; Never communicate with the Korean people; Don't leave the group without permission to go where you are not allowed to go; In a word, do whatever the North Korean tour guide tells you to do, don't do what you are not allowed to do, and don't touch the line out of curiosity.