On Sunday, November 1st, 2015, Visit North Korea reached a new milestone in its facebook campaign by hitting over 1000 likes. Given that the project only started in August and furthermore, the somewhat "unique" nature of the campaign (which has both astounded and fascinated western observers), such an achievement early on can only be a sign of the tremendous success which is to follow.
Visit North Korea aims at promoting tourism and trips to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, known commonly as "North Korea". In doing so it aims to enhance the cultural understanding, experience and also perspective of outsiders towards one of the world's most isolated and least understood countries. It argues that tourism is not an endorsement of the regime, but rather, a productive catalyst to bring about an opening up of the hermit kingdom to the world and a means to improve the lives of impoverished people.
