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Checking out the mysterious country of North Korea just obtained a good deal easier -- at the very least if you're Chinese. A new plan has been announced that supplies Chinese citizens with an (virtually) hassle-free visa to North Korea inside of a working day, especially for cycling working day trips. The vacation, including the visa, charges close to $50. Some 35 Chinese vacationers embarked on the very first brief biking tour on Might two. They cycled throughout the border from Tumen, in the northeast of China, and visited Nanyang City in North Korea before returning to China the identical working day. The team visited Nanyang prepare station, the Korean War Hero Martyrs Monument, a portrait of Kim Il Sung, The Tower of Immortality, attended a display and sampled local treats from a modest farm industry powering Nanyang Global Resort. That lodge is the place Kim Il Sung reportedly met Zhou Baozhong, a renowned Chinese World War II common. The initial trip took a small a lot more than three several hours. Swedish racer Annie Thor谷n gets award by Chon Dong Chol, head of the Rason tourism bureau. Riders passing a propaganda monument of Pricey Chief Kim Jong-il. Bikers coming off the bridge over the Tumen River among China and North Korea, the beginning level of the race. North Korean troopers line the roads of the race. Swedish racer Christian Bertilsson with North Korean law enforcement on a countryside road. Peasants and villagers stood along the countryside street watching the race. A curious youngster watches in wide-eyed amazement at the bikers. The streets of Rason were lined with countless numbers of people cheering, waving flags and getting pictures with mobile telephones. A kid with the North Korean flag by the ending line in Rason. Ladies in traditional people dresses clapping in Rason. Norwegians and Swedes celebrating with neighborhood North Korean beer after achieving the finish lin online mobile shopping. Bicycle race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Bicycle race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Bicycle race into North Korea Bike race into North Korea Hide CAPTION << < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11> >> Bike race into North Korea Zhao Xin, a single of the cyclists on the excursion, told Xinhua, China's state information agency, "In North Korea, the meals was air pollution-free of charge: veggies, fish, eggs, they all tasted not undesirable. We experienced no anxieties consuming there." 1st appear at North Korea's new luxurious ski resort Increase of North Korea tours in China Tumen, element of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China's Jilin Province, is a popular border metropolis for vacation to North Korea. Vacation to North Korea from China has grown recently, with North Korea approving far more tour routes from some Chinese cities. About ten,000 Chinese visitors check out North Korea every yr via organized excursions, in accordance to Xinhua. "The largest edge of Tumen in cross-border vacation to North Korea is the efficiency in arranging a visa," mentioned Zhong Shi-jiu, the deputy mayor of Tumen, in an interview. "If tourists register up front with connected travel agencies in Tumen as nicely as Tumen Metropolis Tourism Bureau, then you can get a visa and your trip accepted the identical working day you apply for one particular right here." That would make vacation to North Korea less difficult than travel to Hong Kong, at current, for Chinese mainlanders. The excursion isn't accessible to non-mainland Chinese vacationers. Tumen also delivers walking excursions amongst the two nations.