China's first tourist train to neighboring Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) kicked off a four-day tour Saturday with more than 400 passengers aboard.

Passengers from East China's Zhejiang province prepare to board the train which heads for DPRK on April 24, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

The train entered the DPRK from Dandong, a land port in northeast China's Liaoning province.

Two Finnish students studying in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province pose for a photo before boarding the train on April 24, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Tourists are mainly from provinces of Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and Guangdong. Some foreigners living in China also joined the tour.

A tour guide (L) organizes tourists at Dandong, a land port in northeast China's Liaoning province on April 24, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

The DPRK became a destination for Chinese group tours on April 12, which is expected to attract tens of thousands of tourists to visit.

A group of Finish students who study in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou said the trip would give them an opportunity to better understand the DPRK.