Tourist Attraction on East Coast–New Scenic
Beauty of Socialist Cultural Efflorescence
Inaugural Ceremony of Wonsan Kalma Coastal

Tourist Area Held with Splendour

Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Thanks to the firm revolutionary will of the
Workers’ Party of Korea to bring about shining efflorescence of socialist
civilization on our land in our own way and with our own resources, entities for
a new life and for new wellbeing are being created one after another in
different parts of the country. In these days of rejuvenation, a modern coastal
resort has been developed on the Kalma peninsula, famous for its beautiful
coastal scenery, greeting the auspicious moment of its inauguration.
In the Wonsan Kalma area hundreds of buildings of modern beauty and in
various forms have been built in harmony with the scenery of the coastal area
widely known for its outstanding landscape from olden times, achieving a
perfect artistic compatibility and connectivity. The area is a coastal resort town
of our own style without an equal in the world both in name and reality.
From among the hotels that can accommodate nearly 20 000 persons, the
tourists from home and abroad can choose any one to stay according to their
tastes. The tourist area has sea-bathing service facilities and various sports,
amusement, commercial and public catering facilities fully equipped with all
the necessary conditions, as well as facilities for other cultural and leisure
activities, which can offer all year round the real taste of the east coast,
presenting a wonderful picture of a 4km-long stretch of beach to be crowded
with the people every year.
The transformation of the Wonsan Kalma area, a great auspicious event of
the whole country, is a brilliant fruition of the profound thinking and
inexhaustible efforts of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who unfolded
a grand blueprint for building a world-class cultural resort and saw to it that all
the architectural structures were perfectly built staking the dignity of our state
and the honour of our generation. It is also a prelude to a new era of our
country’s tourism that was ushered in by the great spirit of service of the
Workers’ Party of Korea which is steadily carving out new spheres of socialist
civilization and important cultural progress that set up an epochal milestone in
the building of the tourist industry of our own style.

The inaugural ceremony of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, a proud
and inspiring creation that redoubles the patriotic enthusiasm of our people to
lead the world, was held with splendour on June 24.
The venue of the inaugural ceremony was full of pride of the builders, who
triumphantly built a wonderful tourist resort for the people by upholding the
noble intention of the great Party Central Committee with a vigorous struggle
and extraordinary mettle of creation, and the joy of the working people, who
were to witness the birth of the proud coastal resort town of national value.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attended the inaugural ceremony.
When Kim Jong Un arrived, stormy cheers of “Hurrah!” resounded far and
wide.
All the participants paid the highest tribute to Kim Jong Un, the great artist
of creation and construction and the dear father, who is ushering in a new era
of prosperity and development, filled with happy laughter of the people, with
an ardent desire to provide his beloved people with a brighter and richer new
life and civilization and with his brilliant wisdom and energetic leadership
practice.
Present at the ceremony were members of the central leadership of the WPK
including leading cadres of the Party and the government, officials of
ministries and national agencies, military and civilian builders, officials and
employees of the units in charge of construction and operation and officials,
working people and youth and students in Kangwon Province and the city of
Wonsan.
The ambassador and staff members of the Russian embassy in the DPRK
were invited as special guests.
The national anthem of the DPRK was played.
Pak Thae Song, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, made an inaugural address.
The inauguration of the coastal resort, which has emerged on the beautiful
Kalma peninsula as a masterpiece of Korean-style tourism, demonstrating the
tremendous might and rapid development of our state, is clear proof of the
inexhaustible creative and vigorous executive abilities of socialist Korea which
steadily writes new chapters of history of gigantic transformations and
civilization, the premier said, extending warm militant tribute on behalf of the

Central Committee of the WPK and the government of the DPRK to all the
builders who have powerfully demonstrated the mettle of the country that
proudly paves the way for an eye-opening development towards the future
with such a precious asset.
He went on:
The Kalma peninsula, which can be called a coastal scenic spot with the best
ecological environment, has assumed a new elegant and modern
appearance–this is an epochal transformation that can be brought about only
by our Party. It is a symbol of the great dignity and wellbeing of the people,
created thanks to the people-first politics of our Party and the socialist system
of our own style. Herein lies the true meaning of the coastal resort and charm
peculiar to it and the noble height no other tourist attractions can reach.
He said that Kim Jong Un energetically led the work of making sure that the
worthwhile grand construction project for providing our people with the most
civilized resort in the world was dynamically pushed ahead with as a Party-
wide and national drive.
The speaker noted that Kim Jong Un broadened the vision of the officials
while giving meticulous guidance for thousands of designs, saw to it that all
the structures in the resort were completed at the highest level and gave
detailed solutions to all the problems including those of developing unique
service methods and capabilities, stressing that his important instructions are
a great encyclopedia that comprehensively encapsulates the orientation and
ways for building a tourist industry in the new era, and he continued:
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the windy construction site
several times a year, calling upon the builders to present a tourist attraction
without an equal in the world to the people by building it into a cultural
recreation ground. His ardent appeal redoubled the loyalty and patriotic faith
of all the builders and powerfully encouraged them to a heroic labour struggle.
Taking to heart their sacred mission of implementing the intention of the great
Party Central Committee on the road of opening a new realm of tourist
culture, the builders successfully set up grand miraculous edifices, creating an
amazing construction speed, advanced building methods and exemplary
experiences one after another.

The erection of the world-level coastal resort town, the most wonderful
maritime park, by our own efforts is a source of valuable honour and worth of
our generation holding in high esteem the great leader who is writing a new
chapter of history of rejuvenation and prosperity in which men, mountains,
rivers and times are undergoing change beyond recognition through a
dynamic construction revolution. The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area will
shine as a monument to the people-first idea and leadership of the Workers’
Party of Korea.
The eye-opening transformation in the Kalma peninsula made with an
indomitable pioneering spirit and fortitude represents a new watershed for
comprehensive rejuvenation to be surely reached by our state and people
despite all difficulties.
The premier then called upon all the people to make a dynamic advance with
higher ideals and dreams for the future of our state which will be turned into a
paradise for the people along the road indicated by the Party Central
Committee.
Kim Jong Un cut the inaugural tape.
Enthusiastic cheers were raised, fireworks of celebrations set off and balloons
released, beautifully decorating the clear and blue sky over Myongsasimni.
Together with leading officials of the Party and the government, Kim Jong
Un went round various places of the resort including the Myongsasimni Water
Park, Kalma Moranbong Hotel and Myongsasimni Hotel.
Enjoying a bird’s-eye view of the coastal tourist town presenting a wonderful
scene, he said with great satisfaction that what he most wanted to do for the
people and to which the Party devoted a great deal of effort for a long time
with cherished desire were translated into a brilliant reality, and that our
inexhaustible pioneering spirit was fully demonstrated once again through the
gigantic construction project.
Noting that all the structures in the Wonsan Kalma area are monumental
edifices that comprehensively represent the mature phase of our architecture
which has made a rapid leap forward with each passing year, he expressed
his deep emotion over the building of an eye-opening entity to be recorded as
one of the greatest successes for this year of rounding off the implementation
of the decisions of the Eighth Congress of the WPK.

Saying that the coastal resort should play a leading role in establishing our
tourist culture, he stressed the need for all the units in charge of its operation
to provide all tourists to the scenic spot on the east coast with the highest
level of convenience and leisure space in order to help them spend pleasant
and satisfactory days.
Noting that in our country with diverse and rich tourism resources and political
stability and institutional durability peculiar to it, its tourist industry is of great
prospective significance as a motive power promoting the efflorescence and
development of the cultural field and the advancement of the relevant regions
and contributing to the overall economic growth of the state, he indicated an
important orientation for expanding and developing our style of tourism on a
large scale.
He said that development of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area is the
proud first step on the road of implementing the policy of the Party and the
government on the development of cultural tourism and the Ninth Congress of
the WPK will confirm an important plan for developing large promising tourist
resorts of various types in different regions in the shortest time possible on the
basis of the successes and experiences gained in the development of the
Kalma peninsula.
An art performance was given to celebrate the inauguration of the Wonsan
Kalma Coastal Tourist Area.
The night of celebration was full of jubilation with famous songs portraying the
stirring spirit of the prosperous times, in which every dream and ideal are
being translated into a brilliant reality along with the efflorescing socialist
civilization, the fervent hope for the future and the burning patriotic
enthusiasm, as well as with gorgeous fireworks.
Kim Jong Un expressed belief that the wave of happiness to be raised in
the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area will shine its attractive name as a
world-level tourist resort, heralding the future of paradises to be built in
different parts of the country.
The eye-opening landscape of civilization and sea change on the beautiful
beach on the east coast, unveiled thanks to the most people-oriented view of
the WPK on the development of the state, will shine long as a cultural
treasure that brings the people’s laughter into full bloom year after year,

demonstrating the inexhaustible development potential and valiant pioneering
spirit peculiar to our state that is confidently ushering in a promising new era
of prosperity.
The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area will start service for the domestic
tourists on July 1. -0-