North Korea plans to fully activate its major tourist facilities nationwide starting May 1 and systematically monetize them through year-end to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding.
The four categories include foreigners (category 1), high-ranking officials and wealthy individuals (category 2), families and ordinary citizens (category 3), and organizational trips such as workplace excursions (category 4). Provincial planning bureaus must implement graduated fees for each tourist destination and activity based on these categories.
The source said that Kangwon province’s people’s committee was pushing hard to meet this year’s financial quota before the Oct. 10 celebration of the ruling party’s founding through aggressive promotion of tourism and the new monetization system.