Hopes grow for early restart of N. Korea-bound tourism at China border

After a passenger train service linking China and North Korea resumed in March following a six-year hiatus, hopes for an early resumption of cross-border tourism have been growing in Dandong, a northeastern Chinese border city. The train service operates daily between Dandong and Pyongyang, but passengers are currently limited to diplomats, businesspeople and students, as North Korea has yet to resume issuing tourist visas. A local tour guide in the Liaoning Province city, located on the Yalu River bank opposite the North Korean city of Sinuiju, said tourism industry workers in Dandong have been eagerly awaiting the neighboring country’s reopening […]... Keep on reading: Hopes grow for early restart of N. Korea-bound tourism at China border

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