In a move widely seen as a move towards facilitating foreign tourism to the country, Pakistan has recently begun a visa-on-arrival policy to 5 preferred countries. Initially, visas on arrival are available to nationals of the United Kingdom, Turkey, China, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. Furthermore, Islamabad intends to expand the visa-on-arrival policy to […]

The president of Sudan, Omar el-Bashir, has been ousted from his office by the Sudanese military. This ends the 30-year rule of El-Bashir, who was one of the longest running leaders of North Africa and the Arab World. Omar el-Bashir became the leader of Sudan after leading a coup himself in 1989 against the then-democratically-elected […]

In a move to simplify immigration procedures and promote tourism, the government of Somaliland has announced that it will now issue visas on arrival for a number of countries. Valid from today, citizens of the EU, Canada, USA, Brazil, China, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) such […]

Following a surge in bookings following the March DPRK-USA summit in Hanoi, a Vietnamese travel agency has entered into a deal with the Korea International Travel Company (KITC) to charter flights direct from Vietnam to Pyongyang. The official memorandum of understanding was signed between the two organisations at the Vietnam International Tourism Mart, taking place […]

Pyongyang, April 1st 2019  In a development sure to add fuel to the fire of Star Wars debates worldwide, the DPRK today proclaimed, after mammoth 20+ hour sessions of Star Wars marathons by top government officials, that ‘The Last Jedi is by far the best of all the Star Wars movies’. Top general Ha Wing […]

Following a return to the international stage under the stewardship of Marshal Kim Jong Un, the DPRK is reporting an unprecedented boom in the number of Chinese tourists visiting the heretofore-reclusive country. Once considered a niche travel destination, Chinese travellers have become increasingly interested in their isolated neighbour, and now travel there in record numbers. […]

UPDATED in MAY 2019 In a move widely seen as a move towards facilitating foreign tourism to the country, Pakistan has recently begun a visa-on-arrival policy to 5 preferred countries. Initially, visas on arrival were available to nationals of the United Kingdom, Turkey, China, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. In May 2019, 50 countries […]

Today North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Hanoi in anticipation for tomorrow’s much-anticipated summit with American President Donald Trump. Here, over the course of the next two days, both leaders are expected to hammer out a series of agreements on how to implement peace between North Korea and the United States, as well […]

From January 1st 2019 there have been changes at Everest Base Camp on the Chinese side in Tibet. While there are changes to where we can visit, it will not have a major effect on people’s experience at the base camp area. Previously travellers were able to go from the Rongbuk Monastery up to the […]

DPRK leader Marshal Kim Jong Un has just arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong to what is, for the head of a country that has recently been dominating world headlines, an atypically muted reception. The streets of Dandong are reportedly eerily quiet and the train station has been completely cordoned off, with civilians […]