Why is Ryugyong Hotel abandoned?

After construction kicked off in 1987, it took four decades for workers to finally complete the vision of Kim Jong Il, the deceased father of current ruler Kim Jong Un. The fall of Soviet Union and the deterioration of the North Korean economy led to the abandonment of the project in 1992.



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With its pyramid-shaped design and towering height of over 1,000 feet, the Ryugyong Hotel was intended to offer thousands of rooms and feature revolving restaurants offering breathtaking views.

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What is certainly true is that the Ryugyong Hotel remains empty and abandoned. The tallest building in North Korea, originally designed to house 3000 hotel rooms, has never hosted a single guest.

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Ever wonder why you've never stayed in a hotel room on the 13th floor? The answer is simple: The floor doesn't exist. It all comes down to triskaidekaphobia, or the fear of the number 13.

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Ever wonder why you've never stayed in a hotel room on the 13th floor? The answer is simple: The floor doesn't exist. It all comes down to triskaidekaphobia, or the fear of the number 13.

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5th Floor of Yanggakdo hotel is actually staff only area. If you enter the elevator of Yanggakdo hotel, you will found that there was no button for 5th floor. But there is a floor directory inside the elevator. It clearly states that 5th floor is “Staff Area”.

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What is certainly true is that the Ryugyong Hotel remains empty and abandoned. The tallest building in North Korea, originally designed to house 3000 hotel rooms, has never hosted a single guest.

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The estimated total construction cost was U.S. $ 750 million (2% of the GDP of North Korea) and this construction assumed he was a senior in 1992 due to lack of funding, acute electricity shortages and hunger prevalent.

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NORTH KOREA - AVOID ALL TRAVEL Avoid all travel to North Korea due to the uncertain security situation caused by its nuclear weapons development program and highly repressive regime.

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While some hotels avoid having a 13th floor, others are choosing to skip the number 420, in order to deter cannabis smokers. To most people it means nothing, but the number 420 has a long association with cannabis and is often used as a code for those in the know.

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Instead, they sometimes exclude the 4th floor, as the pronunciation of 'four' in Mandarin, Cantonese, and several other languages sounds similar to the word for 'death. ' The MGM Grand in Las Vegas famously renumbered its floors because many of its guests were from Asia, where 4 is considered unlucky.

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