In 2012 the worlds press was full of reports about north korea dictator kim jong il had died in december 27th and now everyone was wondering what north korea would be like under the leadership of his son 28 year old kim jong un. An old asian proverb says seeing with your own eyes is better than hearing a 1000 reports so in early 2013 my friend philip and i decided to visit north korea the 1st challenge lay in actually booking the trip. We normally plan our trips abroad ourselves but individual tourism doesnt exist in north korea even booking the entry and departure arranged. Its are dealt with by a state agency. Before entering the country we had to sign a paper declaring that our visit had no journalistic purpose. We had to get permission if we wanted to take photos and film and sound recordings were forbidden. All the following material was shot on a camera with a built in video function. I hid the blinking red recording light with black sticky tape we were only vaguely aware of the
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Towards industrial tourism is also changing, before it was of a Career Guidance nature, today it has become educational, almost all promotional objects give master classes, show elements of production, offer to participate in this process, as well as souvenirs and, of course, tastings. Lets ask ekaterina what attracts tourists to the domestic industry and what is in demand among travelers. What is interesting about industrial today . Tourism of belarus, why did they decide to delegate it, so to speak, to a separate direction of tourism. In 2023 , a unified classification of types of tourism was approved in the republic of belarus. For the first time, we have identified the types of tourism that exist in our country. Have been developed, currently there are 13 of them. When forming this classification, we proceeded from what resources we have and what practice has already been established. Industrial tourism in the republic of belarus has been developing since the times of the soviet un
Host and this week on the communicators we welcome back the president and ceo of the American Cable Association, matt polka. Mr. Polka, what is the American Cable Association . Guest thanks, peter. Nice to be here again. Nice to be here with you, lynn, as well. The American Cable Association is unique in the fact that we represent many smaller Cable Operators across the country, and everyone always asks me, are there still small Cable Operators left . In fact, there are nearly 900 of them in every corner you can imagine, rural areas, small towns. Many of them are providing Competitive Services even against some of the largest providers today. And whats great about these smaller companies, its a terrific story because theyre providing broadband, highspeed broadband in rural areas that desperately need Broadband Service. So these are the members we represent. Theyre smaller, theyre independent which means that theyre not affiliated with larger content companies or larger providers, and w