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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours blog about everything North Korea, and all of our other special off the beaten the track destinations.
Since starting in 2008 we have seen blogging about North Korea and our other great destinations as a great way to engage with our customers and to show the world a slice of life in the great destinations we visit.
Due to the mass amount of great content we create, as well as receive from our Pioneers we have since started our travel lifestyle magazine “The Young Pioneer”.
We’re always looking for contributors to our sites, so feel free to browse through our blogs, and , get in touch if you’d like to write for us.
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If you want to travel you will need to be vaccinated
June 16, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
If you want to travel you will need to vaccinated or at least that is how current global trends are pointing. Over the last month countries from Iceland, to the Seychelles, Moldova and as of Today Thailand have announced that they will be, or have open …
Cambodia to end quarantine for vaccinated travelers
June 16, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Cambodia to end quarantine for vaccinated travelers. Cambodia which has largely been on lockdown since March of 2020 are set to announce fairly major shakeup of laws regarding entry into the country. Although not yet officially announces the talk is th …
Kurdistan to open to vaccinated tourists
June 16, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Kurdistan to open to vaccinated tourists without need for a negative PCR test, or any form of quarantine, according to a new health ministry advisory. The new decree also exempts anyone who has received a negative PCR test within the previous 48 hours …
Thailand open to vaccinated tourists (again)
June 16, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Thailand open to vaccinated tourists according to a new announcement from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). This follows on from what is slowly becoming a global trend for countries to open their borders to people who have received one of the Wo …
North Korea News
June 15, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What are the best resources for North Korea News? With the DPRK often portrayed as being closed to the world, it is very hard to work out where the best places to get news about North Korea are. This is particularly true when you counter in the many fa …
Canada to end quarantine for vaccinated nationals
June 14, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Canada to end quarantine for vaccinated nationals in huge boost to outbound travel industry. According to multiple media sources in Canada the federal government are to announce a raft of new changes to quarantine requirements for Canadian nationals an …
Iran to Open for Foreign Tourism at the End of July
June 11, 2021 / by YPT Team
Today we received the very exciting news from our partners in Iran that the country was planning on opening to vaccinated travellers in late July. “The issuance of tourist visas will resume in the second half of July based on initial agreements with th …
Can you film in Bir Tawil?
June 10, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Can you film in Bir Tawil? The short answer is that if you show up unannounced and start filming people then you will find yourself in a whole world of trouble, but with the right permissions filming in Bir Tawil is indeed possible. What is the story w …
North Korean Websites
June 10, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What are the North Korean websites? Although small in comparison to many other countries a number of North Korean government agencies have an online presence in Korean, and on occasion English. We have also included a few links to NGO’s, or people like …
