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Based on the possibility of resuming tourism exchanges due to the opening of the border between North Korea and China in the future, this study aims to identify tourism potential, focusing on analysis of tourism resources, accessibility, and policy environment in the Tumen-Namyang-Cheongjin-Mt.Chilbo area. To this end, the overall conditions, such as the current status of tourism resources and infrastructure in this area, were first examined, and the tourism potential was analyzed. Finally, the results were summarized by synthesizing the primary analysis results, and policy implications for Korea were presented. The implications of this study can be examined in three main aspects. First, since North Korea's tourism potential differs by region, it is necessary to promote cooperation to increase tourism potential, focusing on areas that need to be improved first by region when development cooperation conditions are created in the future. Second, if the border between North Korea and China is opened and exchanges are possible, discussions on cross-border development cooperation between North Korea and China can resume around Onseong, where development plans from both sides overlap. In response, the government needs to pay attention to trends in cooperative district projects in border areas such as Onseong while reviewing the achievements and problems in China's promotion of other cross-border cooperative zones. Third, the Korean government needs to come up with policy alternatives to prepare for the change in tourism resumption in the North Korea-China border region and the possibility of development cooperation that this can bring.