The cumulative number of tourists that have traveled to North Korea’s border city of Gaeseong is likely to top 100-thousand in the middle of this month.

Tour operator Hyundai Asan says that some 97-thousand tourists visited the border city as of the end of last month. The Gaeseong tours began December fifth of last year.

Some 300 people have visited Gaeseong each day despite the death of a tourist at Mount Geumgang in July.

Meanwhile, Hyundai Asan reportedly is suffering from financial difficulties due to the soaring foreign exchange rates. Hyundai Asan pays 100 U.S. dollars per person to North Korea in exchange for operating the tours in the border city.