North Korea tourism operators see numbers nosedive amid growing tensions
(WorldNews Asia)

One of the leading organisers of tours to North Korea says business has plummeted by at least half since June amid tensions between the US and the rogue state. Simon Cockerell, general manager of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, said the slump in visitors to the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea compared to last year was because of three factors. "The first half of this year numbers were strong but from around June, with the increase in tensions, the September ban on US travellers and the Otto Warmbier case, there has been a at least a 50 per cent drop in numbers, and that is a conservative estimate." Tensions have been building up since US president Donald Trump...