The Government of Russia’s Primorski Krai announced that their southern neighbor, North Korea, is building a new facility for Russian tourists. According to the statement on the government’s website, the Vonsan – Kalmaskaya tourist area has an area of 2.8 km2. There will be more than 50 hotels and nearly 30 stores in the region. Izvestiya Newspaper, which reported the statement, wrote that there is a 4-kilometer-long beach in Vonsan – Kalmaskaya.
According to the Izvestia Newspaper reported by Türkrus; The tourist area will be operational in a few years. Special Tourist Zone for Russians. North Korea is accepting tourists from Russia for the first time in the last 5 years. Izvestiya Newspaper pointed out that the country hosted such a large tourist group for the first time in its history.