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13/07/2024

https://www.youngpioneertours.com/tour/jordan-the-business-of-war-tour/

Join us in Jordan as we traverse the country before entering SOFEX as part of our delegation. This only happens every two years.

28/06/2024

InterNations

22/06/2024

Durian
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Discuss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

09/03/2024

Big thanks to the Hong Kong sports and apparel brand GIORDANO for become the main sponsors of the soon to be released Nauru football kit.

Equal thanks to STINGZ who are the expert kit designers! Check out both of their pages.

Very grateful to have two reliable professional partners from Hong Kong and the UK.

Pre-sales to begin this month….

UK based kit manufacturer STINGZ have been announced as the official kit manufacturer of the Nauru Soccer Federation, while leading fashion brand Giordano

29/11/2023

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫.

𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨, 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬.

Join YPT for our Unseen Egypt and Egypt Defence Expo Tour (EDEX). This tour has us taking part in one of the biggest arms fairs in the world.

27/11/2023

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬!

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝟓 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫.

For exciting road trip affectionados and country collectors alike, join us as we take you to five of the countries in Central Asia, that is Turkmenistan,

26/11/2023

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝,

𝐅𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚.

Today we'll have a look at a relationship that rocked the Socialist world, Fidel Castro and Diego Maradona.

26/11/2023

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞?

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞

Ever heard of the Republic of Nauru? Probably not, and there's even less of a chance that you would have travelled here, with it being statistically the

25/11/2023

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧!

The flag of Iran is not just a piece of cloth with some colours and shapes, it's a symbol that tells a whole lot about the nation, its ideals and its history.

23/11/2023

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚?

𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…

No doubt, many, if not most, of the countries in Southeast Asia have strong militaries, but when it comes to strongest and weakest militaries in Southeast

22/11/2023

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬?

𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑….

This is our 2023 Least Visited Countries in the world list, but alas using data from 2023 due of course to the pandemic!

21/11/2023

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭–𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞)?

𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

https://www.youngpioneertours.com/international-conference-of-marxist-leninist-parties-and-organizations/

What is the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)? AT YPT we like to get very obscure with our

21/11/2023

𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 “𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲”, 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 - 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠….

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is one of the most interesting entities for anyone interested in independence struggles, but also

20/11/2023

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 ‘𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡’ 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬.

We here at YPT have a knack for visiting the least visited countries of the world, so it's no wonder why Sao Tome and Principe, also known as Africa's 'heaven

19/11/2023

King Sihanouk is one of the most iconic leaders of the 20th century, and he also holds the record for most “head of state” titles in the world. He got this

16/11/2023

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 “𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬”

𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰…

What and who are the Stan countries? What does Stan mean? We introduce you to the 7 Stan countries as well as other non-sovereign Stans.

14/11/2023

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐞𝐤𝐢.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞! 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

Following our recent enormously successful trip to the Goroka Show, YPT took an epic road trip to the mummies of Aseki, but what exactly is this site, how do

12/11/2023

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬!

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲.

https://www.youngpioneertours.com/aleppo-guide/

What though is there to eat and drink, where to sleep and what do in 2023? This is the Aleppo Guide.

09/11/2023

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗!

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐥….

In 2019 Young Pioneer Tours became the only tour to ever visit Bir Tawil. In 2022 we decided to go back, so what is the story of Bir Tawil?

08/11/2023

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗!

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐥…

Every year since YPT was founded in 2008 - we have ran a poll asking YOU where should YPT go next? This has led us to many new destinations from Antarctica to

06/11/2023

𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒!

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥!

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

Every year since YPT was founded in 2008 - we have ran a poll asking YOU where should YPT go next? This has led us to many new destinations from Antarctica to

04/11/2023

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧!

𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚, 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪 𝐚𝐛𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮!

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬….

2023 and 2024 Group International Tours from Young Pioneer Tours. We are the number 1 Adventure Travel and Dark Tourism travel company.

03/11/2023

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 “𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱?

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨?

North Korea Foreign Relations - Who does North Korea have diplomatic relations with? You may be surprised to see it is much more than China.

31/10/2023

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬.

𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰

The international border crossing between Bougainville and Solomon Islands has been reopened, allowing locals as well as tourists to take this route

29/10/2023

𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟕 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟕…..

In some countries membership of political parties is a big deal. Also, in order to qualify you have to be one of the ‘ruling political parties’, as otherwise

28/10/2023

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.

𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰;

28th October 2023 According to sources from both within and outside of the DPRK, North Korea is tentatively planning to open its borders to competing athletes

28/10/2023

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧.

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

YPT's mainland Yemen tours are now suspended for the foreseeable future until the security situation improves, Socotra tours are unaffected.

26/10/2023

𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜?

𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲?

The Cold War created a lot of what would become former socialist countries, but while most assume these were all in the Eastern Block, many were independent

25/10/2023

𝐃𝐏𝐑𝐊 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 - 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦

While the DPRK is not yet open to tourism, nor do we have any concrete information of when this might happen, we have been are being made aware of potential

21/10/2023

I can’t stop tripping on how fast the west moved from arming and applauding N***s to backing an actual genocide.