Exploring the secret floor in a North Korean hotel.

A British tourist recently revealed that she was taken to a "secret" floor in the North Korean hotel where the ill-fated American student Otto Warmbier had stayed.

The female tourist, who requested anonymity, said she had stayed at a hotel located on an island in the Pyongyang River. This was part of her nine-day trip to North Korea in 2011. She also stated that she was taken to the hotel's secret floor by Otto Warmbier, the company that organized the deadly student trip.

This tourist recounted that one evening, after her group had finished dinner, the tour guide encouraged them to go up to a restricted floor. "We had to keep quiet, and everyone felt a sense of secrecy, a little scared," the female tourist said, adding that the secret floor contained offices and meeting rooms.

After a brief visit, the female tourist's group left the secret floor, and the end of their trip concluded smoothly, unlike the case of Otto Warmbier.

The only hotel that matched the female traveler's description was the Yanggakdo International Hotel. This was also where Otto was caught stealing a hotel banner on the fateful final night of his 2016 trip.

After being caught red-handed, Otto was tried in North Korea and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. He was recently released on humanitarian grounds. Otto was brought back to the United States in a coma and died six days later.

The female tourist stated that she feared the tour company had been negligent in leading young, naive tourists into dangerous situations without properly assessing the risks. According to her, the tour company seemed to frequently take guests to secret floors even though they knew it was off-limits.

She also explained that the tour was advertised as "a bit adventurous." Like Otto's tour, this female tourist's trip consisted entirely of international visitors who had never been to North Korea before.

According to VNE