is an independent travel company based in beijing specializing in group and independent tourism to the democratic people s republic of korea also known as north korea . 1 2 their tours run throughout the year though december is generally closed to tourism due to the cold and closure of the museums . there are packages for staying in the capital pyongyang with visits to the dmz at the border with the republic of korea . at different times of year there are other events such as the mass games and the pyongyang international film festival which are available as special tours when they are running . contents 1 history 2 tourism 3 film production 4 cultural activities 4.1 published work 4.2 media 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit a photo taken during a tour organized by koryo tours in 1993 koryo tours was set up by nick bonner and joshua green and they have been organizing trips into the democratic people s republic of korea since 1993 . 3 simon cockerell joined the company in 2002 and in 2015 was the general manager . 4 tourism edit in 1993 koryo tours was appointed as a travel specialist by the korea international travel company part of the dprk government body . koryo tours takes in over 50 % of westerners visiting north korea . koryo tours is responsible for opening up of new destinations in dprk as well as new activities such as ; cycling educational tours etc. 5 film production edit koryo tours was involved in the production of a number of films . the game of their lives 2002 a state of mind 2004 and crossing the line 2006 were documentaries . 6 comrade kim goes flying 2012 was a romantic comedy feature film shot in pyongyang with a north korean cast and crew . 7 8 as part of the making of the game of their lives koryo tours organized the return of the dprk 1966 world cup team to uk in october 2002 . over 100 000 british football fans turned out to welcome the players at various football clubs . cultural activities edit koryo tours is the international co ordinator for the bi annual pyongyang international film festival which has a local audience total of 120 000 . in 2004 and 2006 they screened bend it like beckham mr bean the disaster movie and bride and prejudice each film seen by over 12 000 locals . they assisted the british embassy with the nationwide broadcast of bend it like beckham on december 26 2010 the first western feature film to be broadcast in dprk . they have organized various cultural exchanges including music and sport . in conjunction with the dprk ministry of sport they arranged the first friendship football ice hockey cricket volleyball and ultimate frisbee matches between locals and westerners . in september 2010 with the support of the british embassy and clsa to mark ten years of diplomatic relations they took middlesbrough women s fc to pyongyang to play two north korean teams both matches watched by 6 000 korean fans and broadcast nationwide . published work edit 2009 in house publishing of the art of dprk north korean film posters . 2007 produced welcome to pyongyang a photographic study with charlie crane winner of the british journal of photography international prize . 2008 co writer a night in pyongyang mass games photographic book werner kranwetvogel . 2002 wallpaper magazine produced and wrote architectural feature on pyongyang in conjunction with dprk photographer . in 2012 koryo published pyongyang racer a browser based racing video game to promote tourism to north korea . 9 media edit bbc radio 3 co ordinator for travelogue channel 4 uk the first travel programme on dprk 1995 . arranged the first music programme on north korea with andy kershaw two parts sony nomination 2003 . bbc radio 4 profiled in two part radio travelogue following nicholas bonner on tour in north korea sony nominated 2005 . regular media contributor interviews . 2007 cnn talkasia interview with nicholas bonner . 2006 nicholas bonner and daniel gordon interview on their documentary crossing the line for cbs 60 minutes feature with bob simmons . co presenter in tv travel series departures on north korea 2009 broadcast national geographic adventure channel . see also edit tourism in north korea references edit glain steve february 19 1997 . a visit to north korea can be amazingly hip ... if you get in . wall street journal . retrieved 2008 09 15 . koryo tours is a british run company . the company has organized travel and cultural exchanges with the dprk . us tourists can visit dprk for mass games . people s daily online . september 23 2005 . retrieved 2008 09 15 . lee su hyun october 2 2005 . north korea allowing u.s. visitors but time is short . new york times . retrieved 2008 09 15 . fifield anna august 5 2015 . north korea tours simon cockerell of koryo tours has visited 143 times . washington post . tough going but a holiday in north korea is not impossible . daily times pakistan . july 21 2004 . retrieved 2008 09 15 . koryo quarterly newsletter august 2008 official website . comradekimgoesflying.com . retrieved 2012 08 16 . comrade kim goes flying toronto film festival e rd gh fruzsina december 20 2012 . drive deserted streets in north korea s super depressing new video game . slate . retrieved february 3 2014 . external links edit official website koryo studio danwei nick bonner article slide shows of travel and koryo tours projects koryo tours bicycle tour in north korea retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title koryo tours & oldid 736469978 categories tourism in north koreacompanies established in 1993 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 27 august 2016 at 18 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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