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A journey to the Kingdom, Kim Jong Us. Thus, more and more travel advertise for a few years provider and sell tours to North Korea. One of them reported to what is the case, it means warm beer for his company.

“Sorry, we are currently taking any clients with American citizenship.” This is the answer, the Rubio Chan and his staff from Eastern Vision each Time a potential customer from the USA is interested in the organized North-Korea-travel of the provider. A decision of the travel company with headquarters in Hong Kong already at the beginning of 2016 – shortly after the arrest of the students, Otto and warm beer.

Warm beer was taken in North Korea, imprisoned because he had stolen in his Hotel a propaganda poster. A North Korean court sentenced him to 15 years in a labour camp. Shortly after the trial, he should be in a coma like that. What led exactly to his condition is not known. At the beginning of June he was brought out of “humanitarian reasons,” were released and returned to his family in the United States. He died there at the beginning of this week. The exact cause of death, his American Doctors did not want to comment. It is only known that in the case of warm beer severe brain damage were diagnosed.

In front of a camera, begged Otto warm beer in the spring of 2016 for mercy – a little later, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison

For Rubio Chan, the case is a cautionary reminder. He’ll show how big the risks of a North-Korea-travel for Americans in view of the tense Situation between Washington and Pyongyang.”The decision, not US citizens more as customers for our North Korea tours to accept, in retrospect, was exactly the right step,” the company’s CEO and co-founder of Eastern Vision to the DW. Also Japanese, and Malaysian citizens of the travel supplier due to the sensitive situation at the Moment, not into the country.

With the farmers in the field are

The target group of Eastern Vision are young people, students or beginners. People who are curious about the countries, the others only know from photos. For example, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tibet, or North Korea. About 1000 tourists, the provider has brought since its inception in the year 2014 into the country and safely back out again.

The safety of the customers is the top priority. Before the trip, all of the participants about the political Situation in the country will be informed about necessary precautions, as well as the necessary rules. They wanted to do everything to ensure that no one commit mistake, or careless error. The North Korean tours of Eastern Vision are no adventure trips, stresses Rubio Chan. You should rather go in the deep – by more mundane items on the program. “We want to give – in so far as possible – an insight into normal life in North Korea. Our participants come together with school pupils and students, and we visit local farmers.”

The visit of mass events is one of the Highlights of the tour providers in the program have

On the Homepage of the provider’s repeated references to the fact that each Tour can be cancelled under certain circumstances. Eastern Vision is based on the assessments of the security Bureau of Hong Kong, the Chinese national tourism authority, the Chinese foreign Ministry and the travel advice of the British government. “It should come in the country to an emergency situation, our experts in conjunction with the Chinese and the British Embassy in Pyongyang”, is there as well.

Travel warnings at regular intervals

An American Embassy in Pyongyang, of course, the United States will be represented in North Korea, officially recognized by Sweden. The Washington the Ministry of foreign Affairs advises against regularly in travel warnings on its Homepage, it is essential that travel to North Korea. “American citizens risk for actions that are not classified in the U.S. as a violation of the law, an arrest and years of imprisonment, according to North Korean criminal law.” Because the United States does not maintain any diplomatic or consular relations with North Korea, the government is also not possible to help troubled citizens as in other countries.

US President, Donald Trump, the “brutal Regime” in Pyongyang sentenced to death Warmbiers and said he was determined to prevent in the future, “such a tragedy”

“At least 16 American citizens trips were imprisoned in the past ten years in North Korea and detained both individuals and participants of the organized group. To be a part of such a group does not protect against arrest”, and also in the recent travel warning from the 9. May 2017. On the websites of travel companies of North Korea is described as a safe country to Travel in. Contrary to the public image of the country was likely to be “one of the safest places in the world”. So it is also today on the side of the in 2008 in China, founded in company Young Pioneer Tours. It is the provider with the Otto warm beer in North Korea.

Well into the country and out again

You’ve done in the past, the experience that there is a big difference between the reporting by the media and the tourist reality in the country, says Rubio Chan. “The demand is always also a bit dependent on external influences, for example, political tensions, or seasonal factors. After the arrest of Otto and warm beer, we recorded a decline. Through the tragic outcome of the story, I think it is, however, possible that more people are Worried about their safety in the country.”

Tourists need to take note of in North Korea, many of the rules, including these: pictures of state founder Kim Il-Sung and his son Kim Jong Il must not be touched – that is considered an insult

The extent to which, at the end of lethal journey by Otto warm beer will have a significant impact on the North Korea-tourism, must be seen. Several travel providers have responded already – and follow similar paths as Eastern Vision in the past year. Wambiers provider of Young Pioneer Tours took action and informed via Facebook, that they would take no American tourists into the country.

On the Website the company advertises, but in spite of everything more for your North Korea tours. To aim “the price of cheap travel, of which your mother advise to you would be”. Due to the experience, the excellent relationships in the country and the fun factor, Young Pioneer Tours is the “best choice” for a North-Korea-travel. Further objectives of the provider, in which mothers get probably also sick to my stomach, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Chernobyl.

An unpleasant topic for travel providers

Two already since the 1990s in North Korea, operating provider, announced after the death of Otto Warmbiers that you would reconsider in light of recent events their policies.

Since he took office at the end of 2011, Kim Jong-Un goes hard against critics

The British-led company, Koryo Tours, based in China informed in writing, one has to consider, together with partners and foreign organizations in the country, whether to bring more American tourists.

Just as it looks in the case of Uri Tours. The provider with locations in the United States and China is considering its Position. Interviews around the topic will not be given, on request, Uri Tours referred to his official statement to the press. The DW request for a German provider of North Korea travel remained without the answer.