A Korean-style coastal tourist city is splendidly springing up in Myongsasimni, renowned as a coastal scenic spot in the country, demonstrating the dynamic spirit of socialist Korea that is ushering in a new era of transformation and civilization with a great ambition and ideals.

The Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea unveiled a plan for building characteristic tourist resorts that can satisfy the cultural and emotional demands of our people on the picturesque coasts by preserving the natural and geographical features of our maritime country, and has led the projects step by step. Under its meticulous guidance, a service network that includes many hotels, hostels, sea-bathing service facilities, various sports and recreation service facilities, and commercial and catering facilities, has been built in Myongsasimni on the Kalma peninsula, presenting a beautiful landscape.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, looked round several hotels and other service facilities inaugurated on December 29.

Feasting his eyes with a bright smile on the coastal tourist city with a picturesque appearance along the beach beaten by clear blue waves of the East Sea, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said:

When guiding the construction on the spot before, I said that Myongsasimni would be turned into a 4km-long stretch of beach crowded with people full of their happy laughter and optimism, a 4km-long tide of the people. Now the ideal has come true.

Noting that the Kalma Coastal Resort is very spectacular, beautiful and magnificent, he expressed great satisfaction that the major service facilities in the area have been built at a level high enough to successfully host even important external, political and cultural events of the state.

Saying that the service capability and level constitute the value of a tourist attraction and a factor decisive of its prospect, he gave instructions on managing and operating the service facilities on a regular basis, including proactively developing various kinds of new service categories and training world-level service workers.

Our country has tourist resources rich and diverse enough to arouse the envy of the world people, along with the political stability, institutional advantages and material and economic conditions essential for the development of tourist industry, he said, adding:

If we develop the tourist industry by making active use of such favourable conditions and environment, we will open up a new realm of socialist cultural construction and create another motive force for promoting regional rejuvenation and national economic growth.

To this end, it is necessary to ensure maximum efficiency and profitability through a scientific survey of tourist resources, and it is posed as an important task to set proper legal standards concerning the development of tourist zones, construction of tourist facilities and protection of nature and environment, raise the level of tourist information service and operation of tourist facilities to the world standards and diversify the range of gifts for tourists, he said, indicating detailed ways for developing the country’s tourist industry.

Noting that construction of the Kalma Coastal Resort is the first big step of great significance in putting the country’s tourist industry on a track of radical development, he went on:

In the future we should lay out a nice resort area that would link the Mt Kumgang Resort and the Kalma Coastal Resort, proactively exploit the tourist resources in other regions, including mountaineering tourism in the Samjiyon area, to consolidate the material foundations for the economic development of regions and improvement of the people’s living standards and fundamentally transform the appearance of the country.

He expressed belief that the Kalma Coastal Resort, reflective of the seaside scenery of our beautiful country, will demonstrate its great fame as a national and world-class scenic spot, a favourite haunt of our people and foreign friends.

The resort will open to the public from June 2025.