What Travel to North Korea Says — And Doesn’t Say — About Adventure Travel
Photo Credit: A scene from the Pyongyang Marathon in North Korea in April 2017. Koryo Tours
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The death of a young American illustrates the continuing risk for niche operators committed to taking travelers to remote and risky parts of the world, including North Korea. They’re called risky for a reason.
Editor's Note: Skift launched a series, Gateway, as we broaden our news coverage geographically with first-hand, original stories from correspondents embedded in cities around the world.
We started with regular reports several times per month from tourism hubs Beijing, Singapore and Capetown. Gateway Beijing and Gateway Singapore, for example, signify that the reporters are writing from those cities although their coverage of the business of travel will meander to other locales in their regions. Read about the series here, and check out all the stories in the series here.
Traveling to potential dangerous destinations can be fun – until tragedy strrikes.
The story of American Otto Warmbier is an adventure traveler’s nightmare, triggering an “I told you so” tale from conservative friends and worried parents. Going to a place that sounds like a dorm room dare – the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), or North Korea – looks audacious on paper, but probab
