North Korea next week will open a signature tourist site on its east coast that it calls a prelude to a new era in its tourism industry, though there is no word on when the country will fully reopen its borders to foreign visitors.
The Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone has hotels and other accommodations for nearly 20,000 guests who can swim in the sea, play sports and other recreation activities and eat at restaurants and cafeterias on site, state media said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the site and cut the inaugural tape at a lavish ceremony Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre L), his daughter Kim Ju Ae (3rd L), and his wife
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