An upcoming new tourism complex to be built in North Korea's Wonsan-Kalma coastal area this year will feature high-rise hotels and other leisure facilities, state-run outlet DPRK Today reported on Friday.

“The Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area will be constructed this year in accordance with the far-reaching plan of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK),” the vice-director general of the DPRK National Tourism Administration - whose name is not given - said in an interview with the outlet.