aug 31 story correct location burkhead home third paragraph christian shepherd beijing american tourist nicholas burkhead say happy return late holiday destination beautiful scenery great food friendly people problem destination north korea u.s. state department ban travel isolate country take effect friday burkhead 35-year-old resident virginia among last american tourists leave north korea land thursday beijing surprise friendly everyone burkhead say step last schedule flight beijing north korean capital pyongyang u.s. travel ban kick relax beautiful scenery feed us well restaurants exchange rate good local tell wait scrum reporters burkhead arrive beijing north korea state-owned air koryo visit pyongyang well city kaesong near heavily arm border south korea five-day tour cost 1,850 euros 2,200 americans flight include two aid workers well jamie banfill 32 lead tour north korea visit time tourist banfill make trip say goodbyes regularly travel north decade say travel ban short-sighted extremely complex situation korean peninsula oversimplify say unite state last month announce ban u.s. passport holders travel north korea effective sept. 1. journalists humanitarian workers allow apply exemptions ban similar previous u.s. restrictions travel iraq libya heidi linton director christian friends korea work north korea 20 years tell reporters worry people aid group help exemption grant soon start hepatitis program 705 patients start life-saving medicine go medicine live danger say immediately clear many americans seek grant exemptions many still north korea official state department say able give estimate number u.s. citizens north korea grow international pressure nuclear test repeat ballistic missile launch include one week fly northern japan u.s. ban travel north korea follow death u.s. college student otto warmbier jail tour last year warmbier sentence 15 years hard labor try steal propaganda sign return unite state coma june die six days late circumstances surround death clear include fell coma warmbier detain leave airport pyongyang expect strict security check exit nothing like burkhead say state department declare u.s. passports invalid travel north korea restriction apply one year unless extend revoke secretary state north korean state media describe ban sordid attempt limit human exchange north korea currently hold two korean-american academics missionary well three south korean nationals missionary work month north korea release canadian pastor imprison two years hundreds americans among 4,000 5,000 western tourists visit north korea annually accord u.s. lawmaker joe wilson u.s. ban travel north korea kick tourists say farewells