Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours Blog, the place where we we keep you informed about everything YPT, from current tours, to future tours and a whole lot of eclectic stuff in between.
YPT first started blogging in 2008 and are considered the best North Korean Travel blog that there is.
But, as Young Pioneer Tours have expanded our locations, so have we expanded our blog. Now we have one of the best travel blogs in the world!
And while most of our content is about the numerous destinations we go, including travel guides and what to pack, we also delve into more serious subjects such as the safety of certain destinations, as well as how LGTBQ+ friendly the places we visit are.
While the vast majority of our content is produced in-house, we are always on the look-out for guest bloggers and writers. Want to write for us? Then simply get in touch.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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23 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
As part of our Extremes of Japan Tour we will be checking out a number of the things that make the country so unique. One of these is the crazy pinball gambling game that is Pachinko. What many do not realize though is that while very Japanese this gam …
23 April 2024 / by YPT Team
Young Pioneer Tour managers recently visited China to meet with our North Korean travel partners to discuss when will North Korea reopen in 2024. The good news is that it seems that it will most likely reopen this year but no further specifics have bee …
22 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Regular watchers and visitors to North Korea will known that quite literally since the Korean War unifying the country has been a key tenet. Recently though that has all changed as the DPRK says no to reunification. Why though have the country done thi …
22 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
In 2009, North Korea’s Mansudae Art Studio opened the dubiously-named “Mansudae Art Museum” in Beijing’s trendy 798 Art Zone. YPT went along to check out this outpost of DPRK culture open to visit by the general public without travelling to North Korea …
20 April 2024 / by Webmaster YPT
Government authorities of many countries are now opting for citizenship by investment programs to attract foreign investment in their country. This strategic move helps develop a country’s economy and also offers numerous benefits to investors. …
19 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Lets be honest visiting every country in the world has now became old hat, particularly if you are doing the 193 + 2. For real adventurers it is about getting off of the beaten track, with the islands of Wallis and Futuna being the very epitome of this …
19 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
At YPT we are all about the weird dishes, but there is at least one that we see regularly on tour that even we balk at and that is Pag Pag. This dish, which for the most part consists of food garnered from dumpster diving can be witnessed when YPT visi …
19 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Are freely associated states countries? When you travel with YPT the subject of what constitutes a country is regularly brought up. On this there tends to be a few different schools of thought, with the 193 (+2) club tending to be the purest and at tim …
19 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
At YPT we most famously deal in Dark Tourism and taking you to places where your mother would rather you stayed away from. There are though some exceptions, with Khmer New Year Water Fights being such a thing! So, why do we indulge in Khmer New Year wa …