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 […]

With over 320 companies present at last year’s Pyongyang Trade Show, we here at Young Pioneer Tours are again excited to announce the dates for this year’s Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair, held from the 20th to the 24th of May 2019. The dates for the Pyongyang Autumn Trade Fair are to be announced at a […]

February 6th 2019 Donald Trump today confirmed that a second summit will be held with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in a matter of weeks. The two leaders previously met last year in Singapore. During his State of the Union speech, Trump repeated his earlier claim that his presidency was responsible for […]

Fantastic news for travellers looking to add Pakistan to their list — the Pakistani government, in a bid to revive tourism to the country, has announced that the nationals of 50 countries will be granted visas on arrival. The nationals of 175 more countries will be able to apply for e-visas. Furthermore, US and UK […]

Our good friends at TOGETHER-Hamhung, with whom YPT have partnered since 2015 on numerous charity projects involving the Kindergarten & Deaf Centre in Pyongyang and a deaf woodwork shop raising over 6000 euros, would like to announce their next charity project. First, a little backstory Back on 17th of February 2016, a special delegation from […]

Young Pioneer Tours are very pleased to announce that for our upcoming International Women’s Day Tour we will be pledging a €10 donation for every Pioneer who books up. We will be donating to a charity that assists female refugees who have recently relocated from their original countries. We have announced this as part of […]