Would visiting North Korea as a tourist cause problems travelling anywhere else?
You can take tours from China across into North Korea (or by train, in theory) - but assuming you do and get your passport stamped, are there other countries that will hold this against you?
For example, if you visit Israel, certain other middle-east countries get a bit iffy about that, to the extent that I've heard people suggest you don't get Israel stamps in your passport. I'm wondering if this applies to North Korea as well, with any countries?
To clarify, I don't mean 'iffy' like America may question you about drugs if you enter from Colombia, I mean 'iffy' as in they may turn you away at the border, or worse.
Best Answer
There is a lot of misinformation out there on DPRK (North Korea) travel. It is not difficult at all to obtain a tourist visa through one of the several tour companies that operate tours in the DPRK. I am COO of Uri Tours Inc., the only direct provider of North Korea Travel based in the US (there are several resellers). In over 6 years of operation, we have not had a tourist visa rejected.
When returning to the US from North Korea (I've been 5 times, and our CEO has been close to 100 times), we and our tourists have always clearly write DPRK on the re-entry card and have never been given any hassle.
As mentioned by others here, North Korea visas are stand-alone documents and you will not get a stamp in your passport. None of our customers or tour guides from other countries have reported any serious problems on reentry to their home countries.
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