The Spring Skiing Fervor in Altay

In April, ski resorts of Altay are like those around the Alps of Europe and the Rocky Mountains of North America. An endless stream of skiing enthusiasts from South China have come to explore the fantastic world, and the spring skiing fervor continues in Altay.

Release time : 2021-04-18 20:35:56

source : lyalt.cn

“Revitalizing Xinjiang by Promoting Tourism”. Besides, it has vigorously explored the green development mode of frigid areas, fully utilized the world-class tourism resources of ice and snow, supported tourism with industry and agriculture, and established the comprehensive industrial chain combining winter sports, equipment manufacturing and industrial services. Tourists could go skiing, play with snow and watch the nice scenery when there is a great variety of products and services to choose from.

In 2020, Altay witnessed rapid development of its ice and snow industry. More than 80,000 people had great fun in winter sports here, and tourism offered over 68,000 jobs. In the snow season from 2020 to 2021, Altay has received 9,350,700 visits, showing a year-on-year increase of 145.31%. In the winter of 2020, ten ski resorts including Jiangjunshan, Keketuohai, Jikepulin and Yekaxia received 421,700 visits, of which 241,000 were made by skiers.

The Director of Altay Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Liu Kechuan noted: “We will continue to promote the construction of ‘Two Cores, Two Belts and Eleven Groups’ in accordance with the overall layout of ‘Four Regions and One Area’, and build Altay’s core area of ice and snow tourism represented by the Snow Capital and Hemu New Skiing City. We will promote the traditional culture about Altay’s ancient snowboards made of fur and build Altay into a world-renowned skiing city, a pilot area for China's ice and snow economy featuring high-quality development, a new landmark of the world's ice and snow industry highlighting innovation”.