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North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« on: September 01, 2011, 11:04:17 AM »
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North Korea may not sound like the ideal cruise destination. However, the secretive state has branched into the more luxurious end of the tourist spectrum with its first cruise.
Landscape, Lake near Mount Kumgang: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
The cruises will visit the famously scenic Mount Kumgang region
Around 130 passengers arrived on Wednesday at North Korea’s Mount Kumgang, just north of the South Korean border, from the northeastern port city of Rajin.

Their mode of transport is a far cry from the glamorous cruise liners that ply the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Instead, passengers are travelling on an ageing 9,700 ton ship which was formerly used to transport cargo from North Korea to Japan before its entry was blocked following Pyongyang’s 2006 missile and nuclear tests.

Visitors on board the cruise, a collaboration between North Korea’s state tourism bureau and a Chinese travel company, can apparently enjoy on-board karaoke and fresh coffee although there were early reports that some of the lower deck bathrooms were out of water.

Its departure from Rajin was feted in typical North Korean style, with 500 people dressed in dark workers clothes and uniformed offices waving off the ship in a choreographed performance on the potholed deck.  ...
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Mmm, luxury.
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Re: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2011, 11:21:01 AM »
No mention made of the cruise destination.

What 3rd world shithole could possibly be worse than North Korea? That place.
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Re: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2011, 11:45:08 AM »
Of course, what they don't mention is that the passengers are the propulsion system.
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Re: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2011, 12:19:19 PM »
How many of your family members do they hold hostage while you're on the criuse?

....does the same apply to crew mwmbers?
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Re: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2011, 02:59:57 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on September 01, 2011, 11:21:01 AM
No mention made of the cruise destination.

What 3rd world shithole could possibly be worse than North Korea? That place.

I wonder if they have some kind of 'entertainment' arrangement with the Muzzie pirates of Somalia... :confused:
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Re: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2011, 03:42:45 PM »
Not entirely sure, but it sounds like the idea is to bring Chinese tourists to North Korea...or possibly some carefully-chosen Nork tourists to very select, controlled destinations in China.
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Re: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2011, 10:19:25 PM »
All you can catch eat fresh seafood served daily.

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Re: North Korea woos tourists with launch of first cruise ship
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2011, 09:45:26 AM »
All aboard!






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