A cross-border tourist route between China, Russia and North Korea will be put into operation before China's National Day on Oct. 1, according to the Hunchun Municipal Tourism Bureau.

The route has currently taken shape and stretches from Hunchun, Jilin province, Vladivostok and Khasansky in Russia, to Tumangang and Rason in North Korea.

According to officials from the Hunchun Municipal Tourism Bureau, the transnational tourist route attracted wide attention from domestic travel agencies and their foreign rivals from 50-odd countries and regions at the 14th Far East International Travel and Tourism Fair which was held in Vladivostok not long ago.

It is said that the tourist route will be jointly operated by Hunchun Sanjiang International Travel Agency, a travel service from Russia's Primorskiy Krai, and a travel service from North Korea's Rason. Three trial operations of the route have been conducted since March 2010 and formal operations will begin by the National Day.