woelkchen@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoMoscow Is Touting North Korea as a New Tourism Hotspot. Few Russians Are Making the Trip.www.themoscowtimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoOne of the larger advantages for NK to allow foreign tourists is to get foreign currency. Usually this has been in dollars or Euros, or even RMB, all of which are useful, but why would they want rubels?
minus-squarekudra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agogiven the current political climate I’m surprised they allow USD anymore. I’d expecting them to be sucking up more to China and requiring RMB.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoEh, there are plenty of trade partners that hate the US that will happily trade in USD.
One of the larger advantages for NK to allow foreign tourists is to get foreign currency.
Usually this has been in dollars or Euros, or even RMB, all of which are useful, but why would they want rubels?
given the current political climate I’m surprised they allow USD anymore. I’d expecting them to be sucking up more to China and requiring RMB.
Eh, there are plenty of trade partners that hate the US that will happily trade in USD.