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Masikryong Ski Resort Draws Increasing Number of People
Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- The Masikryong Ski Resort, world-level mass sports tourist destination, is now crowded with people and school youth and children from across the country.

An increasing number of people, school youth and children, foreigners and overseas compatriots have visited the ski resort since its opening in December, Juche 102 (2013). Last year its number reached nearly 2.4 times that in 2014.

Ski courses that run down from and around Taehwa Peak 1 360 odd meters above the sea level provide ideal conditions for the winter sports tourist acts, drawing a lot of working people and school youth and children.

Peculiar sentiment pervades Masikryong Hotel which boasts of its unusual architectural beauty. People enjoy themselves in a swimming pool, amusement hall and dancing hall.

The hotel serves such specialties as rice topped with edible herbs, Masikryong anise Kimchi, Masikryong stir-fried bracken, Masikryong liquor and Masikryong fruit-flavored cream.

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