Kumgangsan Tourist Region
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| Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region | |
|---|---|
| Korean Name | |
| McCune-Reischauer | Kŭmgangsan Kwan'gwang Chigu |
| Revised Romanization | Geumgangsan Gwan-gwang Jigu |
| Hangul | 금강산 관광 지구 |
| Hanja | 金剛山觀光地區 |
| Short Name | Kŭmgangsan (Geumgangsan) 금강산; 金剛山 |
| Statistics | |
| Population | ? |
| Area | 50 km² |
| Government | Tourist Region |
| Split from | Kangwŏn, 2002 |
| Region | Yeongdong |
| Dialect | Kangwŏn |
Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region is a special administrative region of North Korea. It was established in 2002 to handle South Korean tourist traffic to Kŭmgangsan (Diamond Mountain, the second tallest mountain in North Korea).
Since 1998, South Korean tourists have been allowed to visit Kŭmgangsan, travelling at first by cruise ship, but more recently by bus on a newly built road through the Korean Demilitarized Zone. In 2002, the area around the mountain was separated from Kangwon-do and organized as a separately administered Tourist Region.
[edit] External links
- Mt. KumGang, organizes tours from South Korea to Kumgangsan( Korean only).
- Hyundai Asan, the company behind the tours.
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