The Wonsan-Kalma beach resort is North Korea's biggest tourist site. Russia said Thursday it will send its first group of tourists to the site in July

Kim Jong Un watches swimmers use waterslide as North Korea opens huge beach resort to boost tourism - The retreat, on North Korea’s east coast, can accommodate up to 20,000 visitors, according to stat

North Korea will open a tourist site on its east coast next week that it called a prelude to a new era in its tourism industry, though there is no word on when the country will fully reopen to foreign visitors.