For the first time in more than five years, foreign tourists can visit North Korea, albeit to the city of Rason, one of the secretive communist state's least visited places.

Axar.az reports that citing NBC.

The first tour is set to take place Feb. 12 to 18, when major celebrations are planned for the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, one of North Korea's biggest holidays.

The national holiday, known as the Day of the Shining Star, is typically celebrated Feb. 16 with large public displays, including parades. North Koreans also bow to statues of Kim Jong Il, the father of their current leader, Kim Jong Un.