NORTH Korea's huge Ryugyong Hotel is finally open to guests three decades after the 105-storey monstrosity was supposed to be up and running.

The 3,000-room hotel has opened for the first time after being abandoned for the past 30 years.

4 North Korea’s infamous "Hotel of Doom" - the Ryugyong Hotel - is open after standing empty for 30 years Credit: Getty Images

Standing at 1,082ft, the 105-floor building is said to be the world’s biggest hotel and cost a staggering £450million.

But the pyramid-shaped monstrosity in Pyongyang has been hit by problems and is viewed as a symbol of failure.

Work started on the hotel in 1987, after then leader, Kim Il-Sung, set his sights on developing the country’s tourism industry.

4 Lights have been seen on inside the hotel and the first guests are said to have checked in Credit: AP:Associated Press

It was supposed to be completed in June 1989 for the World Festival of Youth and Students - in an attempt to snub South Korea after they hosted the 1988 Olympics.

But construction was halted in 1992 when North Korea fell on hard times following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Equipment shortage and a devastating famine that claimed 3.5milion lives meant the project was abandoned.

Inspectors from the European delegation found that poor materials, a sunken foundation and crooked elevator meant the hotel was unsafe.

4 Standing at 1,082ft, the 105-floor building is said to be the world’s biggest hotel and cost a staggering £450million Credit: Getty Images

It seemed as though the hotel's fortunes may be transformed in 2008 when work resumed on the eyesore.

Windows were finally added in the same year following heavy investment from Egypt’s Orascom group.

It was also reported that the company added a powerful telecom antennae at the top of the Ryugyong.

A potential grand opening date of 2012 was also announced - although this never actually happened.

4 Construction was halted in 1992 when North Korea fell on hard times following the collapse of the Soviet Union Credit: Getty Images

Untilnow, the colossal building had just been a shell which blighted the skyline.

Photographs taken inside the hotel in 2012 show vast empty halls and massive concrete pillars.

Revolving restaurants, casinos and nightclubs were meant to be fixtures in the hotel.

But these have not yet been built because of a lack of large-scale investment from foreign firms.

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