Nearly 80 percent of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is covered with mountains and the country is bounded on the east and west sides by the sea. Active efforts are made in the DPRK to develop tourism in a long-term manner under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

While giving field guidance over the construction project of the city of Samjiyon on July 11 and 12, Juche 113(2024), General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Un unveiled the Party's plan to develop it into a typical mountainous city in the northern part of the country, a characteristic combined four-season mountainous tourist resort, to meet the cultural and emotional demands of the people on the highest level and revitalize international tourism.

He said the grand nature of the Mt. Paektu area consisting of mountains and primeval forests is our precious resource, of which we can feel proud. And he gave important instructions for wonderfully building a tourist cultural resort in the world-famous Mt. Paektu to be frequented by the Korean people and the world people and making tourism a major driving force for the regional development.

Kim Jong Un also initiated the construction of a characteristic and modern coastal tourist city of Korean style, of which we can be proud in the eyes of the world, and visited the construction site several times to indicate the orientation and ways for the successful development project. He gave field guidance over the construction of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area again on July 16, Juche 113(2024).

Feasting his eyes on the panoramic view of the vast tourist area stretching along the coastline, Kim Jong Un, with a broad smile on his face, repeatedly expressed great satisfaction at the fact that it had taken on an impeccable appearance as a world-level coastal tourist city as planned.

Wonsan is a coastal city of natural and geographical beauty, and, in particular, Myongsasimni at the Kalma peninsula has long been known as a famous scenic spot, he said, adding that Myongsasimni will win the fame as a pride of Wonsan and a four-kilometre-long stretch of beach crowded with the people in the near future.      Stressing that tourism should be developed in a long-term manner on the basis of the experience gained in the construction of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, he said it is needed to steadily implement the policy of concentrating on making rational use of the abundant coastal resources of tourism. And he called for taking long-term steps to exploit in a unique manner the resources of coastal tourism for sports, leisure activities and marine sightseeing.

The Korean people will lead a more civilized and happier life in the future under the loving care of Kim Jong Un who opened up a new path for the development of tourism in our country while continuing his journey of devoted service for the people's well-being.