Set in an exclusive area on the east coast where leader Kim Jong Un spent much of his youth, the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone opened on 1 July..Built near a missile testing site, the resort features hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and a water park, according to state media. But while it was initially billed as being open to international tourists, so far only Russians, entering in groups and organised by accredited travel agencies, have been allowed in.
mandag 25. august 2025
My trip to North Korea's 'Benidorm' - flanked by guards and full of rules
It was the security guards accompanying Anastasia Samsonova's group that suggested this wasn't a typical beach holiday. In July, the 33-year-old human resources worker was one of the first tourists to stay at a new holiday resort in North Korea, a country largely closed to the outside world.
Set in an exclusive area on the east coast where leader Kim Jong Un spent much of his youth, the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone opened on 1 July..Built near a missile testing site, the resort features hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and a water park, according to state media. But while it was initially billed as being open to international tourists, so far only Russians, entering in groups and organised by accredited travel agencies, have been allowed in.
Set in an exclusive area on the east coast where leader Kim Jong Un spent much of his youth, the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone opened on 1 July..Built near a missile testing site, the resort features hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and a water park, according to state media. But while it was initially billed as being open to international tourists, so far only Russians, entering in groups and organised by accredited travel agencies, have been allowed in.
