YPT Tours to Vietnam Young Pioneer Tours are pleased to announce our Vietnam Tours and Travel Packages for 2024-2025, with YPT offering our unique take on travel here. After decades of almost constant conflict Vietnam has now risen from the ashes to offer not just great travel opportunities far from the beaten track, but also […]

As of January 12th 2024, the US and UK launched a series of strikes on Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have previously been targeting international shipping in the Red Sea in retaliation to the on-going conflicts in Palestine. Most of these targets hit by strikes have been in the far west of Yemen […]

Planning a vacation can be an exciting but challenging task, especially when it comes to finding the best deals and discounts. With so many travel options and a seemingly endless amount of information available online, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. However, the key to unlocking incredible savings on your next trip lies in understanding how […]

In news that those of us involved in Pacific Island travel have been anxiously awaiting the international border crossing between Bougainville and Solomon Islands has been reopened. This fantastic news means that you will now be able to travel from the Autonomous Province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea to The Solomon Islands, a country […]

North Korea to raise prices and chnage currencies from the Euro to the USD, according to recent reports coming from both within and outside of the country. While the DPRK is not yet open to tourism, nor do we have any concrete information of when this might happen, we have been are being made aware […]

There have been a number of erroneous reports that North Korea has now reopened to tourism, but this is not strictly true. In fact, North Korea has partially reopened to foreigners subject to quarantine measures. You can read our September DPRK travel update here. North Korea reopens to foreigners According to sources from within Korea, […]

Young Pioneers Tour are pleased to offer our 2024 and 2025 Kuwait Tours and Travel packages. A real crossroads of old and new Kuwait offers ancient Arabic and Greek sites, combined with one of the most modern cities in the world, this is not a regular destination! Often overlooked by western visitors, there is much […]

YPT are pleased to announce that Abkhazia has now reopened to tourism following its closure due to Covid-19 and indeed the ongoing war in Ukraine. To see our 2024 Abkhazia tour, click here. Abkhazia Reopens to tourism – what has been announced? Young Pioneer Tours have been told by our partners in Abkhazia that they […]

A travel corridor between Cambodia and Thailand will soon open after both countries agreed to mutually waive quarantine requirements.  To read our current international travel update, click here. What are the rules for entering Thailand Thailand initially announced a November 1st reopening to vaccinated tourists from ten countries, which has since expanded to forty-six, with […]

Canadians allowed to travel again from July 5th, provided they have been vaccinated and upload their data to the ArriveCAN app, according to an announcement from the federal government today. The law basically means that Canadians who have been vaccinated will now be able to travel without having to enter expensive government run quarantine centres […]