China's Harbin Ice-Snow World welcomes thousands to 25th annual snow festival

Harbin Ice-Snow World, a winter wonderland, kicked off its 25th annual snow festival on Monday, drawing a jubilant crowd of 40,000 attendees.
The park, spanning 810,000 square metres and utilising 250,000 cubic metres of ice and snow, features over 1,000 captivating sculptures.
Visitors expressed awe at this year's enhancements.
Known as the 'jewel in the crown of ice and snow,' Harbin Ice-Snow World is the first international festival in Chinese history, captivating global visitors since 1985.
The festival's programme includes a range of winter activities such as skating, winter swimming, skiing, dog sledging, and snowmobiling.
The extensive Harbin Ice Snow World encompasses an ice and snow world, a snow sculpture art expo, an ice lantern art fair, an ice and snow carnival, and an ice bar and restaurant.
Commissioned by the Harbin Municipal Government and sponsored by the Harbin Cultural Tourism Group, the Harbin Ice Snow World has been an annual snow festival attraction since its establishment in 1999, continually drawing millions of enchanted tourists.
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[@Arthur-np3lx]

This city is unreal

[@RechtmanDon]

They did have some opening day issues with long waits to visit special attractions resulting in frustrated visitors. The organizers issued appropriate apologies and promptly instituted procedures to ensure all have a great time there!

[@user-yh7rf2op2l]

The main reason is that this year’s event is more popular than any previous year. Although there were many people going there in winter in previous years, I don’t know why it suddenly became very popular this year.

[@RechtmanDon]

@@user-yh7rf2op2l Perhaps post-COVID combined with continued growing economic development reflected in citizen's raised standards of living...

[@user-yh7rf2op2l]

@@RechtmanDon I just searched because the Harbin Tourism Bureau started preparing for this winter a year in advance. It has prepared many programs to receive tourists from southern cities (including foreign tourists). In the past, I went to Harbin once every winter. This year, I will go to Harbin once. I don’t want to go because there are too many people，It is said that the tourism project driven by the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival earned 6 billion yuan in three days. The three northeastern provinces of China are famous for their low prices, especially Heilongjiang Province, which is the northernmost province of China. Harbin is the capital city of Heilongjiang. It is conceivable that this time How many people travel to Harbin

[@zz7zt0p56]

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