Can journalists travel to Turkmenistan? The short answer is yes they can, but as an authoritarian state journalist travel to Turkmenistan is complicated and cannot be done freely. To read about journalist travel to North…
When it come to the question of if journalists can visit North Korea there are a lot of misunderstandings and downright falsehoods. Many state that journalists are banned from the country entirely. This is not…
Despite the current conflict with Russia and Ukraine it is indeed possible for western journalists to travel to Russia and report on the war there. There are though of course caveats, as well as vis…
Journalist travel to Ukraine is actually extremely easy despite the current conflict, although where exactly you can go and what you can do will depend greatly on who you are and your contacts. To read…
As announced today Americans can now go to Syria on a tourist visa, but does this change the situation for American journalists that wish to visit the Syrian Arab Republic? In short no, it does…
Around 15 years ago and before YPDR became a concept some of our members were involved in the adventure, or so called Dark Tourism sector. For them this involved facilitating travel to places such as…