Coronavirus travel update. Welcome to the YPT COVID-19 / Coronavirus travel updates page. With this page we aim to give up to date travel advice on which countries are open to tourism during the current pandemic. As you might imagine one of the most frequent questions we are getting asked right now is which countries […]

Travel during the Cold War was not for the faint of heart. For those brave, curious, or politically aligned enough to cross into the communist world, it was a trip filled with red tape, strict regulations, and often, a hefty dose of propaganda. Despite the challenges, people did visit the Soviet Union, Eastern Bloc, and […]

The 10 hardest countries to visit often have restrictions for travellers based on their passports and have high requirements to be eligible to enter the country. While certain passports make it easier for people to visit specific countries visa-free, some countries still make it difficult for almost everybody to visit. Below are the top 10 […]

Russia is to start selling tours to North Korea, according to a state-run news agency Pravda announcement on 10 January 2024, but when exactly will this start, where will it be applicable and what does it mean for an overall North Korean reopening? YPT take a look. TLDR; long story short – North Korea has […]

In news that those of us involved in Pacific Island travel have been anxiously awaiting the international border crossing between Bougainville and Solomon Islands has been reopened. This fantastic news means that you will now be able to travel from the Autonomous Province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea to The Solomon Islands, a country […]

Introduction 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 and part if the so called Non-Aligned Movement (Nam). Of these outliers some are fairly well known, such as Yugoslavia, while others are far more obscure! Here’s […]

With us now having launched our Least Visited countries Tour for 2023-24, many may have noticed some parts have changed, so why have we done that? Quite simply, that is how things roll in these parts….. Least Visited Countries Tour Part One This one takes us to Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam and […]

YPT are pleased to announce that Abkhazia has now reopened to tourism following its closure due to Covid-19 and indeed the ongoing war in Ukraine. To see our 2024 Abkhazia tour, click here. Abkhazia Reopens to tourism – what has been announced? Young Pioneer Tours have been told by our partners in Abkhazia that they […]

What is war tourism, do we partake in it and is it a justified form of travel? At Ypt we get  are often interviewed by people, or spoken of by people who have specific views on what we stand one. One key thing we get accused of is Dark Tourism, but while we do not […]

Can you be in two countries simultaneously at the same time? Well it turns out that you can, and no we are not talking about the Vatican City, or being in an embassy, this the strange tale of the Abyei Condominium! To read about visiting 3 countries in one city click here. Is it possible […]