China’s Sichuan attracts tourists, snow sports enthusiasts with rich ice and snow resources
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A view of Xiling Mountain snow resort in Dayi County, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season.
A drone photo taken on Jan. 19, 2025 shows a view of Taiziling Ski Resort in Maoxian County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Tourists take a “banana” boat on the snow at Wanggangping scenic spot in Shimian County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 11, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Children have fun at Mount Emei scenic spot in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 12, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Children build a snowman at Mount Emei scenic spot in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 12, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
People pose for photos embed into a snow wall at the Qiangrengu ski resort in Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 24, 2024. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels, and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
A parent takes his kid resting at an indoor snow resort in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Jan. 12, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)
An aerial drone photo shows people skiing at Xiling Mountain snow resort in Dayi County, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 14, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Tourists pose for photos at Wanggangping scenic spot in Shimian County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 11, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
An aerial drone photo shows people skiing at Xiling Mountain snow resort in Dayi County, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 11, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
People ski at Taiziling Ski Resort in Maoxian County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Jan. 18, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Skiers learn to ski under the guidance of instructors at Wanggangping scenic spot in Shimian County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 11, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
A parent takes children gliding in the snow on their slides at Wawu Mountain scenic spot in Hongya County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 14, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
A drone photo taken on Jan. 12, 2025 shows a view of Leidongping scenic spot in Mount Emei, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Children have fun in the snow at Xiling Mountain snow resort in Dayi County, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Jan. 14, 2025. According to statistics from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts with a wide variety of snow play facilities, pistes of different levels and even indoor ice and snow resorts and roller skating rink in some regions, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts each snow season. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
