Recently, provinces with abundant ice and snow resources have successively started the 2024-2025 snow season. Since the opening of the Keketuohai International Ski Resort in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on October 20th, many ski resorts in northern China have opened their doors to welcome visitors. From November 9th to 14th, Jilin Beidahu Ski Resort will offer free trial skiing activities, and it will officially start operating on November 15th. On the first day of the trial skiing, more than 3000 skiing enthusiasts came to enjoy the "new snow", and long queues formed near the ski equipment hall and cable car. It is reported that the resort has added 100 snow making machines this year, and the snow making mode will start in late October. Li Du, Deputy Director of the Jilin Ice and Snow Experimental Zone Management Committee, introduced that the facilities and equipment of Beidahu Ski Resort have been comprehensively upgraded in the new snow season. Not only have the number of ski slopes and cableways been increased, but also 3000 meters of snow making pipelines have been newly laid, and U-shaped pools, large ski jumping platforms, slope obstacles, chase areas, etc. have been designed and constructed to provide skiing tourists with a new ice and snow experience. It is expected that the number of visitors to Beidahu Ski Resort during the new snow season will exceed one million, achieving the first "one million person" target. As a popular tourist destination last winter, Harbin in Heilongjiang Province also has new highlights this winter. The 9th Asian Winter Games, which will open on February 7, 2025, is another major comprehensive international ice and snow sports event hosted by China after the Beijing Winter Olympics. It is also the second time Harbin has hosted the Asian Winter Games since 1996. Starting from November, Harbin City will hold a series of Asian Winter Games test events as well as national and provincial competitions to promote travel through competitions. In order to further promote the deep integration of sports events and cultural tourism, Harbin will hold the First National Fitness Competition (Northeast Area) Ice Play Competition, Ice Loong Boat Super League, "Running Teenagers" Snow Football Match and "Millions of Teenagers on Ice" theme activity in the Sun Island Scenic Area, Harbin Grand Theater, Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival and other scenic spots, so that citizens and tourists can feel the charm of ice and snow in ice and snow sports. Tourism practitioners have clearly felt that winter ice and snow tourism has become even more "hot": the homestays around the "northernmost ski resort" in Heilongjiang Mohe Arctic Ski Resort in China have become lively, and bookings for November are already full; Yin Yixuan, the media promotion manager of Beidahu Ski Resort, introduced that the registration for the "Trial Skiing Week" activity is very popular, attracting many tourists from Shanghai, Guangdong, Liaoning and other places; According to Ctrip data, the order volume of ski hotels in northern China this winter (November 2024 to January 2025) increased by 22% compared to the same period last year. In February 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the General Administration of Sport of China jointly released the "Action Plan for the Development of Ice and Snow Tourism (2021-2023)", proposing measures such as launching national and provincial ski tourism resorts, supporting the construction of ice and snow tourism routes and bases, and leveraging the driving role of ice and snow events. Afterwards, the development of ice and snow tourism in China gradually entered the fast lane, driving the transformation of winter tourism development in many places and achieving the goal of "not being weak in the off-season". After several years of development, domestic ice and snow tourism has moved towards an "upgraded version", creating high-quality ice and snow tourism products, shaping ice and snow tourism brands, promoting the upgrading of ice and snow tourism consumption, and building high-quality ice and snow tourism destinations have become new goals for the development of ice and snow tourism in many places. Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Stimulating the Vitality of Ice and Snow Economy through High Quality Development of Ice and Snow Sports" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), which clearly put forward practical measures such as inheriting and developing ice and snow culture and optimizing the development of ice and snow tourism. Officials from multiple tourism regulatory departments have stated that the 'Opinions' bring enormous opportunities for the development of local ice and snow tourism. The relevant person in charge of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Liaoning Province introduced that Liaoning will strengthen communication and liaison with provinces such as Jilin and Heilongjiang, deeply explore the characteristics of "popular ice and snow+characteristic hot springs" resources, create a batch of high-quality ice and snow tourism products and routes, strengthen the brand of "playing ice and snow and soaking in hot springs to celebrate the New Year in Liaoning", and continuously improve the quality of tourism services. In the new ice and snow season, Heilongjiang will enrich the "ten" theme routes, "one hundred" food feasts, "one thousand" cultural and tourism events, and "ten thousand" Longjiang good goods full chain product supply, fully promoting the "hundred day action" of winter ice and snow tourism, striving to leave tourists with a unique and charming "Longjiang impression" and unforgettable memories of the Asian winter. Altay Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will be committed to building an international ice and snow tourism resort, introducing an international standard skiing teaching system in the three major skiing resorts, and striving to expand the international "friend circle" of ice and snow tourism. The southern region is also experiencing a surge in ice and snow tourism. In the past, due to natural conditions and other factors, the population participating in ice and snow sports was mainly concentrated in northern regions. With the advancement of ice and snow sports, the ice and snow economy in the southern region is gradually heating up. The recent grand opening of the Wuhan Urban Construction Hot Blooded Miracle Indoor Ski Resort in Hubei Province is a microcosm of the "ice and snow fever" in the southern region. Liupanshui, Guizhou is also an important destination for skiing in the southern region. In recent years, three low latitude and high-altitude outdoor ski resorts, Meihua Mountain, Yushe, and Wumeng, have been built. During the 2023 to 2024 skiing season, the three ski resorts have received a total of 202500 visitors in the scenic area. The Xiling Snow Mountain, located in Dayi County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, is only 95 kilometers away from Chengdu. The total area of the scenic spot is 375 square kilometers, and the highest peak, Daxuetang, is covered with snow all year round. In recent years, scenic spots have focused on creating high-quality ice and snow tourism projects, making ice and snow sports the core content of winter tourism. It is reported that the Xiling Snow Mountain Ski Resort has built 7 ski slopes, which can accommodate more than 2000 people skiing at the same time, becoming an important base for the development of ice and snow sports in the south. By continuously exploring cultural connotations, reshaping spatial layout, optimizing industrial scenes, iterating product structure, building service standards, and improving infrastructure, scenic spots are accelerating the creation of world-class ice and snow tourism resorts. (New Society)