{"id":56788,"date":"2023-12-04T16:37:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=56788"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:48:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T10:48:37","slug":"n-korea-accelerates-efforts-to-revitalize-tourism-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-accelerates-efforts-to-revitalize-tourism-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea accelerates efforts to revitalize tourism industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Korea has recently been making plans to revitalize its tourism industry, one of the few legal avenues for the regime to earn foreign currency. Revitalization plans include instructions to import materials needed to complete construction of the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone and to draft plans for attracting foreign investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, a source inside the country told Daily N<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">K on Nov. 30 th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at \u201clast week, the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">economic department and the Cabinet\u2019s foreign trade division <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">issued joint instructions to central government trade institutions and the Ministry of External Economic Relations [MEER] to include materials for finishing construction at Wonsan-Kalma in their trade plans for next year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wonsan-Kalma Co<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">astal Tourism Zone is one of Kim Jong Un\u2019s pet projects, a tourism complex taking up part of Wo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nsan city and outfitted with hotels, recreation facilities, a water park, and airfield. This massive construction project was originally scheduled to be completed in 2019, but the project has been mired in delays after the project ran into difficulties securing funding and materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the authorities have designated materials and other items needed to finish construction of the Wonsan-Kalma complex as priority import items. State-affiliated trade enterprises were told t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o divvy up responsibility for importing these items and include them in their tr<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ade plans for next year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the threat of COVID-19 subsides in North Korea, tourism construction projects temporarily suspended during the pandemic have resumed at a hurried pace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of its strategy to resolve construction budget shortfalls, MEER is working on plans to attract investment in the Kalma-Wonsan complex from individuals and organizations in China and Russia. This strategy appears to be part of a move to attract foreign capital for tourism construction projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, some officials in North Korea have raised concerns about the feasibility of attracting foreign investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWorkers at MEER had tried to attract foreign investment prior to COVID-19 but ran into substantial difficulties. Now those officials are taking <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a laid-back approach to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the most recent orders [to attract foreign investment],\u201d the source explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWorkers at MEER have pointed out that this is a fundamentally different project from rural housing construction, where local governments used investment fro<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">m <em>donju<\/em> to p<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ut up the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">frames <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of new buildings,&#8221; the source continued, using a term referring to North Korea&#8217;s wealthy entrepreneurial class. &#8220;MEER and state-run trade enterprises see this as a problem they can\u2019t tackle on their own, and if the state doesn\u2019t invest all it can [in Wonsan-Kalma] then there\u2019s no way to carry out the project.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2014, the Presidium of the People&#8217;s Assembly issued Order No. 48, which called for the official development of the \u201cWonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone.\u201d This tourism zone would feature six major attractions: Wonsan Coastal Zone, Masikryong Ski Resort, Ullim Falls, Sokwang Temple, Thongchon, and Mt. Kumgang Resort. The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourism Zone was included under plans for development of the greater Wonsan Coastal Zone as part of the tourism initiative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Translated by Rose Adams. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of sources who live inside North Korea, China and elsewhere. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20231130-1\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has recently been making plans to revitalize its tourism industry, one of the few legal avenues for the regime to earn foreign currency. Revitalization plans include instructions to import materials needed to complete construction of the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone and to draft plans for attracting foreign investment. 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