North Korea to bar tourists over Ebola concerns
Source: UK Guardian
North Korea will bar entry to foreigners on tourist trips from Friday, because of worries over the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, according to operators of tours to the isolated country.
“We have just received official news from our partners in the DPRK that, as of tomorrow, tourists from any country, regardless of where they have recently visited, will not be permitted to enter,” said Gareth Johnson of Young Pioneer Tours, a travel company based in China that runs tours in North Korea. DPRK is short for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
“It is unknown how long this closure will be in effect, and due to the very changeable nature of DPRK policy, we are still hopeful we will be able to run the three tours we have scheduled for the remainder of 2014,” said Nick Bonner of Koryo Tours, a travel group based in Beijing that also specialises in North Korea tours.
International travel to North Korea is rare and although there have been no reported cases of the Ebola virus in the reclusive country, in the past it has sealed its borders to foreign visitors over health concerns.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/23/north-korea-bars-tourists-over-ebola-concerns
Damn! Time to redo my vacation plans.
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I wasn't aware that many people came into NK let alone left and came back for ebola to be a concern 
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