It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

NORTH KOREA SEEKS TOURISTS (link courtesy of Cathartidae)

Strapped for cash, reclusive North Korea is looking to attract foreign tourists to its forested mountains and showpiece capital, a travel industry official said.

"We definitely got the impression that people were quite keen to see more international visitors come in," said Neil Plimmer, who recently led a team from the Pacific Asia Travel Association to the communist country to assess its tourism potential.

I say bring 'em on. The more people traveling to North Korea, the better.


UPDATE: more about the etymology of the Korean term for tourism (kwangwang) than you will ever want to know can be found here