Project for pets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, large coastal resort on his east coast, opened to home visitors in early July with a big fanfare, reported rfi.fr.
The South Korean media dubbed the Coast Tourist Zone Wonsan-Kalma as “North Korea Waikiki”, which seems to be lined with high-rise hotels and water parks. The report added that a large seaside resort can allegedly accommodate about 20,000 people.
However, in a statement published on the official website, the North Korean National Tourism Administration said this week that “foreign tourists are not temporarily accepted”. They could not have any details regarding this update.
During his early years in power Kim Jong Un demonstrated enthusiastic interest in the development of North Korea’s tourist industry and the coastal center was a special focus.
During the construction of the Kim Jong Un, he often attended a place to supervise a project in a project that contains about 7,000 rooms in luxury hotels and private villas, an outdoor water park and airport, according to state media.
The report quotes analysts and said that the opening of the beach resort can be called “one of the greatest achievements of this year” in North Korea and Kim and Kim can build more large tourist zones “in the shortest possible time”.
The report said in 2024 North Korea allowed Russian tourists to return to the Russian tourists for the first time in February 2025.
South Korea reacts:
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Unification of South Korea expects that international tourism in the new resort “is likely to remain a small scale”, with a limited capacity of available flights.
Last week, Kim conducted interviews with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Wonsan and offered Russia full and unconditional support for her war in Ukraine, KCNA reported.
Lavrov reportedly described a direct project as a “good tourist attraction” and expected that it could become popular among local and Russian visitors looking for new destinations.
Russia also announced that it will start twice a week years between Moscow and Pyongyang.
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