2025-12-02
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North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has launched a five-month Ice Snow Tourism season.
featuring 159 cultural activities, 48 sporting events,
and 45 themed travel routes as part of a nationwide push to develop China's ice and snow economy,
driven by winter tourism.
According to Wang Shengrong, Deputy Director of the Regional Culture and Tourism Department,
starting from December 20th,
the 2025 through 2026 Inner Mongolia Winter Tourism season will feature major events.
including the 22nd China-Russia-Mongolia International Ice and Snow Festival in Manjoli,
a border city in Inner Mongolia.
The move comes as China promotes its ice and snow economy,
under a state-level plan targeting 1.2 trillion yuan,
about 169 billion US dollars in terms of industry scale by 2027 and 1.5 trillion yuan by 2030.
Several regions have recently unveiled new attractions and incentives to boost winter tourism.
In northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Harbin Ice Snow World,
the world's largest ice and snow theme park,
is expanding, featuring a total of over 400,000 cubic meters of ice and snow.