Kim was an enthusiastic visitor this week to the sprawling site on the isolated country’s east coast, which is set to open its doors on July 1 to domestic tourists and maybe one day foreign ones.
The nuclear-armed North reopened its borders in August 2023 after almost four years, having closed them because of the Covid-19 pandemic, during which time even its own nationals were prevented from entering.
Kim on Tuesday attended a lavish inaugural ceremony for the tourist zone, which hosts accommodation for nearly 20,000 people and what Pyongyang claims is “a world-class cultural resort”, the Korean Central News Agency said.
Wonsan Kalma houses “sea-bathing service facilities, various sports and recreation facilities” and is “equipped with all conditions... for providing the beauty of the scenic spot on the east coast in all seasons”, according to KCNA.
Kim was joined by his daughter, Ju Ae -- considered by many experts to be his likely successor -- and his wife, Ri Sol Ju.
The North last year permitted Russian tourists -- Pyongyang has close ties with Moscow -- to return for the first time since Covid and Western tour operators returned in February this year.
A tourist train between Rason -- home to North Korea’s first legal marketplace -- and Russia’s Vladivostok resumed in May this year, according to an official from Seoul’s unification ministry.
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