North Korea is building a massive ski resort, but will tourists come?


Skift Take

No; North Korea is controversial destination and Kim Jong-un’s vision of foreigners flocking to his resort is as misguided as the rest of his regime.

Kim Jong-un has ordered the North Korean military to construct a "world-class" ski resort that will rival the winter sports facilities being built in South Korea to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Kim recently visited the location of the Masik Pass Skiing Ground to give "on the spot field guidance" on the construction of the resort, which will have beginner, intermediate and advanced-level routes on more than 68 miles of mountainside. The highest peak in the mountains around the site rises more than 4,400 feet above sea