North Korea Launches Tourism Website

North Korea Launches Tourism Website

North Korea launched a travel website on Monday that is decidedly more strange than it is inviting — particularly since the country currently has a ban on international tourists entering the country due to fears of the Ebola virus! The site, dprktoday.com, offers an animated tour through the customs and culture available in the so-called hermit kingdom. A short film on the homepage welcomes prospective visitors, provides a handy locator of North Korea on the globe, flashes past the Juche tower and runs through the country’s main selling points. The site also provides flight schedules from China, Russia and other foreign cities, lists tourist packages and gives details of luxury hotels. [Read Full Story]

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