By IANS,
Beijing : China’s Jilin province Saturday launched a group tour that will allow tourists to travel around North Korea by train, authorities said Sunday.
A group of 103 Chinese tourists have already arrived at North Korea’s city of Namyang, which is separated from east Jilin’s city of Tumen by a river, according to the Tumen city government.
The tour group will travel by train to visit Mount Chilbo and the city of Chongjin in Hamgyong, visit hot spring spas in Kyongsong County, taste local delicacies and check out performances over the course of three days and four nights, Xinhua reported.
The train tour, the first of its kind offered by Jilin, is part of the province’s efforts to promote cultural exchanges with North Korea.
China decided to grant approved outbound destination status to North Korea in September 2008. The first Chinese group tour to North Korea took place April 12, 2010.