North Korea plans to launch helicopter sightseeing trips for tourists over the Pyongyang skyline in old Soviet-era helicopters.
The sightseeing tours begin later this month and are priced at about US$150.
"We’ll swoop around the 105-story Ryugyong Hotel, do a low fly-by of the Taedong River past the Juche tower, and get a great glimpse of May Day stadium – the world’s largest stadium," said Rowan Beard of China-based Young Pioneer Tours, which is one of the agencies offering the trip in cooperation with state airline Air Koryo.
The tours will be operated by vintage Mil Mi-17 Soviet-era military transport helicopters.
The isolated state receives about 6,000 western tourists a year although the vast majority of tourist arrivals come from neighbouring China.
