US EditionNorth Korea Opens Wonsan-Kalma Beach Resort Ahead of Russian Tourists
WONSAN, NORTH KOREA, JUN 26 – The Wonsan Kalma resort can host 20,000 visitors and marks a strategic effort by Kim Jong Un to revive North Korea’s economy through controlled tourism and expanded Russia ties.
- North Korea has constructed a large beach resort that can accommodate around 20,000 visitors, set to open for domestic tourists next Tuesday.
- Kim Jong Un declared the resort's construction as 'one of the greatest successes this year' and is a step towards developing tourism.
- North Korea reopened its borders in August 2023 after closing them for almost four years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Kim Jong Un expressed 'great satisfaction' and emphasized that more large-scale tourist zones will be built 'in the shortest time possible.
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North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn’t open to most tourists
When President Trump met North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un for a historic summit in 2018, he tried to show a rosy future North Korea could aspire to.“As an example, they have great beaches. You see that whenever they’re exploding their cannons into the ocean,” Trump told reporters. “I said, you know, instead of doing that, you could have the best hotels in the world right there.”The nuclear negotiations between Trump and Kim fell apart, but a ver…
North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.
Swimming fun in North Korean: Along the east coast opens a huge complex with water slides and hotels. In addition to local tourists you also want to attract guests from Russia.
A new resort was inaugurated in North Coree in the tourist area of Wonsan-Kalma on the east coast. It is expected to open its doors to international tourists on July 1.
North Korea, which is cut off from the world, can now be seen welcoming tourists. In fact, on June 24, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has opened the Wonsan Kalma sea beach located on the northern coast of the country to the public. Russia has helped a lot in building this beach in North Korea.
The president of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, inaugurated this week a spa town capable of hosting almost 20,000 tourists, located near Wonsan, in the north of the Asian nation, where much of the North Korean elite owns rest villas. The tourist center, which could welcome foreign travelers, has four kilometers of beach, hotels, restaurants and a water park. In images shared by state media, you can see the president relaxed by a swimming pool, along …
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