PYONGYANG, March 16 (KCNA) -- The DPRK state tourist bureau has announced that from this year Mts. Chilbo and Kuwol would open to tourism. Mt. Chilbo, situated not far from Chongjin Port, is noted for dense forests, cultural relics and hot springs. Marine products such as octopus, squid, crab, raw abalone and sea urchin in the east sea of Korea and armillaria are available.

A tour to Mt. Chilbo from Pyongyang can be made by air. About an hour flight will bring you to orang. From there you can travel to Mt. Chilbo by car, feasting your eyes on the beautiful scenery along the east coast.

Sea Chilbo

A peak in Outer Chilbo

After enjoying mountaineering, you will visit Chongjin, a port city of culture and recreation.

In mushroom-picking period, you will spend pleasant days, picking mushrooms.

A tour to Mt. Kuwol can be made by road. After covering Pyongyang-Nampho motorway, you will pass through the West Sea barrage and Unchon and Unryul counties of South Hwanghae Province, and reach your destination.

At the top of the mountain, tourists will command a bird's-eye view on the mysterious shapes of the range and the castle and Woljong temple built in the period of Koguryo, a feudal kingdom of Korea.

Then you will go to Anak Tomb No. 3 in Anak county and Mt. Jongbang, the site of an ancient mountain fort, via Sariwon, the capital of North Hwanghae Province.

There are road services to the area of Mt. Kuwol, so that children, elderly people and women can scale the mountain by car.

An industrial city anju and lake Yonphung in South Phyongan Province are attractive tourist resorts as well.

Anju surrounded by fertile soil is a city with large chemical factories and many other local factories.

Lake Yonphung is an artificial lake called the "sea in mountain."

There are Chilsong park, Anju fort and Paeksang pavilion. Boating can be enjoyed in the lake.

Tourist experts from China, Taiwan, Switzerland and Germany made inspection tours of the areas of Mt. Chilbo and Mt. Kuwol. It is expected that the number of tourists will increase.