Hotel Haegumgang

Hotel Haegumgang
Chosŏn'gŭl 호텔해금강
Hancha 호텔海金剛
Revised Romanization Hotel Haegeumgang
McCune–Reischauer Hot'el Haegŭmgang

The Hotel Haegumgang is a floating hotel docked at Mount Kumgang in North Korea.

The hotel was originally constructed as the John Brewer Floating Hotel in 1986-1987 for positioning in the John Brewer Reef, in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1] It operated as the Four Seasons Barrier Reef Resort for a year until it was relocated to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 1989, operating as the Saigon Floating Hotel.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "The John Brewer Reef Floating Hotel: A Case-Study in Marine Environmental Monitoring" (PDF). December 1989. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. Dennis, Anthony (18 May 1990). "Refloating a concept that sank on the Barrier Reef". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. Abjorensen, Norman (6 September 1987). "Tourist boom won't last, says man with the floating hotel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "Floating Vietnam nightspot languishes in North Korean port". Thanh Nien News. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

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