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Troy Michael Collings (1986 or 1987 – February or March 2020) was a New Zealand businessman and tour guide. In 2008, he co-founded Young Pioneer Tours, [2] a company known for specialising in low-cost tours of North Korea and other remote places. In early 2020, Collings died of a heart attack at the age of 33. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Warmbier had been traveling with China-based tour operator Young Pioneer Tours (YPT) on a five-day tour of North Korea. [50] He was released in a coma in June 2017 and returned to the U.S. where he died on 19 June 2017. [51] As a result, YPT announced it would no longer take U.S. citizens to North Korea as the risk was "too high".
Into this scarcity step Young Pioneer Tours and rivals like Wild Frontiers, Untamed Borders and War Zone Tours. They truck in a type of traveling—to war zones, political hot spots, “dodgy” locales—that is known as “adventure” tourism (or “dark” tourism, which, more on that later).
Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) [1] is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area is 9,300 km 2 (3,600 sq mi). The highest point is Mount Balbi , on the main island, at 2,715 m (8,907 ft).
The tour group that Otto Warmbier was traveling with when he entered North Korea says it will no longer be taking Americans into the country. Young Pioneer Tours told USA Today that Otto Warmbier ...
Buka Buka Island is located 30 minutes away from the closest town of Ampana, and can be accessed by boat, usually provided by Reconnect, the local eco-resort operating on the island. [1] To get there, travelers need to board a local plane from Palu, which is a 45 minutes flight available every Monday and Wednesday morning. [1]
Buka Island was occupied by Japanese troops during World War II, [4] and it was the site of important Japanese airfields that were considered strategic by the allies. Although the island was bombed by allied air forces and warships, allied armies never fought in Buka. After holding out for years on poor supplies, the Japanese surrendered in ...
Studies indicate that dogs given a whole-food diet when young have fewer yeast infections in the ears and that the incidence of ear infections may decrease as the dogs become older (1).