North Korea shut its borders in early 2020 to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and later bolstered defences along its northern boundary to deter its own nationals from re-entering the country illegally from China.
But some of the companies said on Wednesday that those trips had been suspended for unclear reasons.
Fellow travel agency Koryo Tours said “Rason is temporarily closed”, with Beijing-based general manager Simon Cockerell telling AFP that those already in North Korea would “finish their trips as planned”.
North Korea has already welcomed some international trade and official delegations, and last year allowed Russian tourists to enter the country for the first time since the pandemic.
It has a separate visa regime and has been a testing ground for new economic policies, boasting the socialist country’s first legal marketplace.
People from South Korea, with which Pyongyang remains technically at war, are also barred from visiting without official permission.
A Chinese firm that advertised a tour to Rason last month did not respond when asked by AFP to clarify if it had been affected by the suspension.
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