Dear MEL Topic Readers,
North Korea just opened a beach resort for 20,000 people. But who will
visit?
Started in 1998, North Korea allowed South Korean tourists to visit
Mount Kumgang, a 1,638- high mountain on the east coast of the country. Hundreds
of thousands of tourists visited there each year until it was closed in 2008
when a South Korean tourist was shot in a restricted military zone. Last month,
the secretive authoritarian country opened a new beach resort, the Wonsan-Kalma
Coastal Tourist Zone, that is designed to welcome foreign visitors. The supreme
leader Kim Jong-Un himself appeared at the inauguration event with his family
and cut the ribbon. The Russian ambassador and staff also attended the ceremony
to show their friendship with one of their remaining few allies. Though the
resort is intended to earn foreign currencies, only a limited number of Russian
tour groups are granted permission to visit the beach resort at the moment. Even
though this newly opened resort looks no different from other beach resorts in
the world, curious travellers might be interested in spending time and enjoying
the services in one of the most secretive countries in the world.
Read the article and think if you’re interested in visiting North Korea’s
beach resort.
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