"Don't insult the leaders and don't tip." Russians will be offered a vacation in North Korea.
The Primorsky Krai government has developed special summer tours to the DPRK lasting 8 and 12 days. These tours include vacations at North Korean resorts. сsummarized head of the Primorye International Cooperation Agency Alexey Starichkov.
Previously, beach holidays for Russians in the DPRK were only available in the Rason Free Economic Zone. Now, in addition to these beaches, Russian tourists are offered trips to Pyongyang and to the DPRK's only ski resort, Masikryong, built by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a cost of $30 million. This spring, tours cost $800 (approximately 75 rubles), including airfare from Vladivostok to Pyongyang and back.
They immediately appeared online councilы On the topic of how to behave on such a trip to avoid trouble. For example, the Zen channel Alien in Korea shared five rules for staying in the DPRK: don't insult the leaders, clear your phone of offensive memes, don't tip in restaurants, don't go where you're not supposed to, and leave any "questionable" literature—religious or philosophical—at home. A more detailed instruction reads as follows: "Don't tell your guides stories you may have read in the Western media about the regime's alleged crimes, and don't ask questions like 'the secret life of Kim Jong-un.'"
The prospects of the new tourist destination are also being discussed on social media. "I'd love to go to North Korea; the nature there is magnificent." "Want to go on a tour of a concentration camp? Go. You don't even need to buy a return ticket." raceare waiting potential tourists.
Photo: Svoi Lyudi website, from open sources