North Korea reopened foreign tourists a city in the northeast of the country, near the border with China and Russia, as tourist agents announced today, five years after the country’s ‘close’ due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

At the beginning of 2020, the North Korean regime had decided to interrupt access to the country to prevent the spread of coronovation.

Trade transactions with China have been repeatedly repeated, as have official delegations, and North Korea gave last year permission in Russian tourists to travel there For the first time after the pandemic.

Today, two tourist agents operating in China as well as a fourth Spain -based capable of foreign tourists to re -travel to the city Rasonin the northeast part of North Korea.

Rason’s special economic zone, bordered by China and Russia, is open “from today”, wrote the Young Pioneer Tours tourist agency on its website.

“According to our partners and contacts, the plan is to open (access to the area) to Chinese travelers and all other foreign travelers”according to the company.

Tourism in North Korea was limited before the pandemic. The Chinese were the majority of visitors, and according to travel agents, about 5,000 westerners visited it each year. Most travelers were entering the country by plane or through a train from China.

The rest of the country is currently closed to tourists, according to a statement by Koryo Tours, based in Beijing. The company clarified that it has not yet received a confirmation of itineraries or costs for Rason visitors, and has no information on the number of people who will be permitted to enter there.

In 1991, Rason became the First Special Economic Zone of North Korea.

The projected re -opening to the tourism of the city of Samzigion, in the northeast part of the country, announced in August has not been implemented for the time being.