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Hold on to your hats for this is no ordinary Mass Games, this the biggest ever, over 100,000 performers have been performing sin ce August 15th and will continue past the 60th anniversary of the establ ishment of the Workers Party of Korea for a grand finale on October 17th .
Since 1993 Koryo Tours have specialised in travel to DPRK (North Korea). We have made two award winning BBC documentaries and radio programmes, c onsulted on two North Korea travel guidebooks and run a variety of cultu ral and educational projects. Very simply we are the experts and you wil l not find anyone who knows the country better or who can arrange an iti nerary to make it your trip of a lifetime. We know more about North Kore a tourism than anyone and we do not disappoint: most of our custom is re turn visitors or introductions from previous tourists. We are not a travel company who portray DPRK simply as a holiday destinat ion with picturesque sights, we do try and tell the whole picture, to in form our tourists of the reality of North Korea. We tailor itineraries t o make sure you get as much contact with the Korean people as possible. We employ Korea specialists Simon Cockerell and Nicholas Bonner who acco mpany each group tour and provide the information the Korean guides may not be able or willing to provide you with.
We can provide French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese and Ru ssian speaking guides, all you need is basic English so that we can comm unicate with you to issue your visa.
"a trip to North Korea is the greatest possible adventure, there is simply nowhere as amazing, if you do not visit you are missing outbut until you have been it is difficult to tell just how mind-blowin gly wonderful it all is!" Andy Kershaw BBC Radio 3, on his 4th visit to North Korea with Koryo for his music tour, November 2003 .
Mass games involves over 100,000 participants, th e biggest and most spectacular choreographed display you will ever see. The itinerary will continue to reveal the catalogue of revolutionary exhi bits and 'miraculous feats' of their leaders but it also allows a great deal of contact with the Korean people. The stereotype of a 'robotic peo ple' is soon broken if you travel there, the Koreans are a very proud pe ople and although their life is a struggle their humour and warmth is un surpassed. Europe, Canada, Australia have diplomatic relations with DPRK ) and paradoxically it is one of the safest places to be in the world ( and certainly the most memorable. Koryo Tours will make sure you get the most out of your trip. Without exc eption every tourist has said that their trip to North Korea was the hig hlight of their world travels. We can guarantee you will have the most a mazing travel experiences possible. Many thanks for visiting our website and we are sure hope we have somethi ng to interest you. Please contact Simon or Nicholas for any questions y ou may have, we will get back to you immediately. North Korea accepts un der 2,000 western tourists a year ....
KORYO TOURS arranges i ndependent and group travel from Beijing. This is your most cost effecti ve option, you meet us at our offices in central Beijing and we brief yo u on your tour and arrange your travel into North Korea. If you are flyi ng into Beijing from abroad we can look after you as soon as you land un til your flight home, we use a local based travel agent who's expertise is travel in China and Asia.
GROUP TOURS For over 20 years Explore Worl dwide have pioneered original small group adventure holidays and they us e Koryo Tours to arrange their DPRK itinerary. Explore tours are led by a professional western guide, They can arrange your tour departing from Europe, Australia or Canada or you join their group departure dates in B eijing.
INDEPENDENT TOURS Silk Road tours specialise in in dependent travel to Asia, whether you are based in Europe or worldwide. Koryo Tours arranges your DPRK itinerary whilst they arrange your travel requirements around this- booking your international flights, accommoda tion, and any tourism you may want to combine with your DPRK trip.
"Before you book with a comp any that arranges travel to North Korea, ask a few questions on topics s uch as recent events, history, what are the attractions, the do's and do n'ts, what are the best times to visit. You will find there is only one expert in Korea- and a s it is a destination where it is sensible to go with experts then I can recommend only Koryo Tours." Ben Davies (Travel Writer) Vogue, Daily Telegraph, The Times.
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