North Korea has opened a huge “world -class cultural resort” on its east coast, the state media said on Wednesday.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) was enjoying the images of tourists in swimwear as the tourist area was opened for domestics on Tuesday.
“The hearts of the guests were filled with overwelling emotions because they felt the amazing new heights of our style tourism culture that bloom under the party’s age,” KCNA said.
The agency stated that tourists were surprised by tourists with the grandeur and grandeur of the city, which could accommodate around 20,000 people.
The South Korean media referred to the Wonson Kalma coastal tourism sector as “North Korea’s Viciki”.
Kim’s pet project
The analyst says that North Korean leader Kim Jong is very keen to develop un -tour tourism industry, which are uniquely in the coastal region. The Wonson Kalma is believed to be one of his pet projects.
Kim stated that the construction of the site would go down as “one of the biggest successes of this year” and that Pyongyang would build a large -scale tourist areas.
Kim’s images with their daughter Ju Ai and wife Ri Sool Zoo sees a person flying from a water slide at the resort, shared on the day of the inauguration.
So Russian tourists are expected to visit the zone from July 7 for an 8-day visit, which included a visit to Pyongyang, according to a statement in the primesy region of Russia.
The Ministry of Integration of South Korea said that the site is expected to expand over time. But given the limited transport to the destination through Pyongyang, the resort is “to stay small in the scale” with about 170 visitors according to the day.
Experts say that Pyongyang has obtained something from Russia to develop this site, which was in exchange for help in Moscow’s Ukraine.
North Korean Tourism
For North Korea, tourism is a good source of obtaining foreign currency.
After the Covid-19 was closed since the epidemic, North Korea finally opened its borders to visitors. But even before that, the number of foreign tourists was very limited.
Chinese tourists made about 90% of visitors with only 5,000 Western tourists. But Chinese tourists feel that there are questions about the relationship between Beijing and Pyongyang.
After the epidemic, Russian tourists were allowed only last year and Western tourists returned briefly in February 2025.
American tourists used to make 20% of foreign tourists. But Washington banned the journey to North Korea after the imprisonment of student Otto Warmbier and death.
South Koreans traveled to Mount Kumgang on the border by 2008, when a tourist was shot by a North Korean soldier.
Edited by: ZAC Crellin
