Nauru has relaunched the Nauru Soccer Federation in a bid to kickstart football on the world’s smallest island nation. Gareth Johnson has joined the board, alongside Acting President Kaz Cain, while fellow Englishman Charlie Pomroy has been named as national coach. A former English Premier League player is lined up to join the coaching staff […]

The question that has been asked to us here at YPT at the end of 2020, 2021, 2022 and now 2023 – will North Korea open in 2024? We are excited to announce that yes, it’s most likely that it will reopen for tourism in April 2024. Although under what terms the North Koreans are […]

As of 13th December 2023, the Islamic Republic of Iran announced in order to further expand and grow the tourism sector of the country the following 33 nationalities have been granted visa free access to enter Iran as a tourist. The countries included on the new list include: Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, […]

The Young Pioneer Podcast Season 2 continues with another from-the-field episode recorded during YPT’s recent Horn of Africa tour in Somaliland! This two-segment episode of the Young Pioneer Podcast opens with an interview with YPT’s newest staff member Morgan Bourven. Hailing from France, Morgan first travelled with YPT to Tibet and North Korea in 2014, […]

North Korea to close embassies around the world, with the latest being its mission in Spain according to recent reports. Why are they being closed and what will it mean for travel once the country does reopen to tourism? To read about when North Korea will open to tourism click here. Spanish Embassy to close […]

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 […]

The foreign minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov has urged Russian tourists to visit North Korea following a two-day meeting in Pyongyang, where he also met Chairman Kim Jong Un. What was the meeting about? The meeting was for the most part about improving bilateral ties between the countries, increasing security amidst a perceived […]

The United States has significantly eased sanctions in Venezuela in a deal linked to the 2024 Venezuelan general election. It is hoped that such a deal will among other things make it once again easier for US citizens to visit their old rich neighbour. Why were their sanctions in the first place? Relations between the […]

As of October 2023, the visa on arrival scheme in Angola has been extended to a whopping 98 countries in a move that is expected to help boost tourist numbers to the Southern African nation. Previously, Angola has gone through a communist regime and most recently a bitter civil war has been renowned for just […]