WHAT IS A CHINESE TOURIST VISA?
A tourist (Type L) visa will allow you to travel throughout most of China as a tourist for as long as the visa remains valid. It of course also allows you to transit through [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | April 3, 2016
WHAT IS A CHINESE TOURIST VISA?
A tourist (Type L) visa will allow you to travel throughout most of China as a tourist for as long as the visa remains valid. It of course also allows you to transit through [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | January 22, 2016
We just received news of an American student who is currently detained in North Korea for “perpetrating hostile acts” against the DPRK government while under the “guise of a tourist”. Although this student was not one of our tourists, we [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | January 8, 2016
In light of the recent news of the alleged test of a nuclear bomb by the DPRK government, Snowboarder magazine and its group of professional snowboarders have made a last-minute decision to not participate in the trip to the Masik [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized | December 9, 2015
December 4, 2015
Terje Håkonsen, Dan Liedahl and Mike Ravelson will be the first professional snowboarders to visit the Masik Pass ski resort in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (or the “DPRK,” the official country name of North Korea). [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | August 10, 2015
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of its liberation from Japanese occupation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea announced that it would be changing its clocks to “Pyongyang time.” On August 15, North Korea will set its clocks back 30 minutes [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | May 4, 2015
The Pyongyang Golf Course is an 18-hole course that spans 45 hectares (111 acres) and is located on Lake Taesong in Ryonggang County, North Korea. The Pyongyang Golf Course was completed in 1988. Although there is one other golf course [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | March 19, 2015
Click here for the Pyongyang Marathon rules and regulations
Click here for all you NEED to know to register for the Pyongyang Marathon
Here are the highlights of the route:
Kim Il Sung Stadium
The official Pyongyang [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | March 8, 2015
**UPDATES TO AIR KORYO FLIGHT SCHEDULE ON BEIJING – PYONGYANG ROUTE**
Air Koryo will not operate Monday and Friday flights out of and to Beijing during the winter season. Monday and Friday flights from Beijing will operate on the following [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | March 4, 2015
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Here are the official race rules for the Pyongyang Marathon! [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized, uritours | March 4, 2015
We have just been informed that the Mangyongdae Prize Marathon Committee has decided to re-open the doors to foreign amateur runners for the 2015 Pyongyang Marathon held on April 12, 2015. The Pyongyang Marathon is back on for foreign amateur [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized | March 2, 2015
Pyongyang is hosting 2015 International Trade Fairs this Spring and Autumn. Foreign and domestic companies are invited to expo products and sell direct to consumers. Tourists are also welcome to attend the trade fairs during their travel to North Korea. [...]
By Elliott Davies | Filed under: Uncategorized | March 2, 2015
We have been informed by Air Koryo and the Korea International Sports Travel Company that North Korea’s borders are now open for travel and the 4-month long Ebola travel ban was lifted as of Monday, March 2. We are [...]