North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, has opened a large-scale hot spring and spa resort – called Yangdok County Hot Spring Cultural Recreation Center – in a bid to drive tourism into the country.
The resort is home to indoor and outdoor hot-spring bathing, and multi-functional sports and cultural facilities. It also offers skiing and horse-riding.
Kim said: “It’s a very happy event to provide the new hot spring culture to the people, but it’s also pleasing to find that soldiers of the People’s Army created such civilisation with their own hands.
“It is absolutely perfect.”
The Yangdok centre is the second mountain spa resort unveiled by Kim, the first is located in Samjiyon and was hailed by Kim as the “epitome of modern civilisation”.
The state is also developing a coastal resort in Wonsan.
These projects come as a result of the economy being constricted by UN sanctions following tensions with foreign governments relating to North Korea’s nuclear weapons policy and human rights breaches. This has led the government to focus on inbound tourism opportunities appealing to its Chinese and South Korean neighbours.
One of North Korea’s other major tourism generators, Diamond Mountain Resort in the Kumgang Mountains, has declined in popularity since a South Korean tourist entered a militarised zone and was shot by North Korean military, causing South Korea to suspend all tours to the resort.
The Yangdok centre is the second mountain spa resort that has been recently unveiled, the first is located in Samjiyon. Credit: Yangdok County Hot Spring Cultural Recreation Center
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The Yangdok centre is the second mountain spa resort that has been recently unveiled, the first is located in Samjiyon. Credit: Yangdok County Hot Spring Cultural Recreation Center
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It’s a very happy event to provide the new hot spring culture to the people, but it’s also pleasing to find that soldiers of the People’s Army created such civilisation with their own hands.
– Kim Jong Un, North Korean Supreme Leader
North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, has opened a large-scale hot spring and spa resort – called Yangdok County Hot Spring Cultural Recreation Center – in a bid to drive tourism into the country.
The resort is home to indoor and outdoor hot-spring bathing, and multi-functional sports and cultural facilities. It also offers skiing and horse-riding.
Kim said: “It’s a very happy event to provide the new hot spring culture to the people, but it’s also pleasing to find that soldiers of the People’s Army created such civilisation with their own hands.
“It is absolutely perfect.”
The Yangdok centre is the second mountain spa resort unveiled by Kim, the first is located in Samjiyon and was hailed by Kim as the “epitome of modern civilisation”.
The state is also developing a coastal resort in Wonsan.
These projects come as a result of the economy being constricted by UN sanctions following tensions with foreign governments relating to North Korea’s nuclear weapons policy and human rights breaches. This has led the government to focus on inbound tourism opportunities appealing to its Chinese and South Korean neighbours.
One of North Korea’s other major tourism generators, Diamond Mountain Resort in the Kumgang Mountains, has declined in popularity since a South Korean tourist entered a militarised zone and was shot by North Korean military, causing South Korea to suspend all tours to the resort.
Italian destination spa Preidlhof in South Tyrol has been certified as a “Quiet Stay” by Quiet
Parks International, a non-profit organisation committed to the preservation of quiet places
for over 50 years.
The International Spa Association (ISPA) has released the full findings of the 2021 ISPA US
Spa Industry Study, marking the 22nd anniversary of this annual research initiative.
Davines Group has partnered with the Rodale Institute to unveil a dedicated regenerative
organic agriculture research facility at Davines Group's headquarters in Parma, Italy.
A 74,000sq ft Italian day spa is set to debut this September on New York’s picturesque
Governors Island after a US$50m (€42.3m, £36.1m) investment and seven years of
planning, building and restoration.
Arizona’s Sedona Rouge resort is currently undergoing a property-wide transformation and
will debut as The Wilde Resort & Spa in September 2021.
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