Tourist train to showcase little known North Korea destinations

Thursday, 10 Jul, 2015 0

Foreign tourists will get a glimpse of many parts of North Korea previously off-limits during a new rail tour in October.

Tour operator Koryo Tours will debut a 10-night train tour departing from capital Pyongyang on October 2.

The cross-country itinerary covers hundreds of miles, visiting Mount Myohyang and the little known cities of Hamhung and Chongjin in the east.

The journey will also include stops at "as-yet-undiscovered cities, such as Sinpho and Kimchaek, and passing by isolated beaches," according to a Koryo Tours statement.

The train uses old North Korean railway carriages from the 1970s, the tour company said, and the tour is priced at $3,172.



 

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