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The Star
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Harbin's new tourism offerings let visitors enjoy snow in summer
China's Harbin Ice-Snow World is also open in the summer. — Pixabay The world's largest ice and snow theme park, Harbin Ice-Snow World in China, will introduce a range of new summer tourism offerings, including immersive performances and an international beer festival, to provide visitors with a uniquely refreshing summer experience. The move marks a strategic expansion for the park, which is famous for its winter attractions, as it seeks to attract global tourists year-round. Sun Zemin, deputy director of the marketing department at Harbin Ice-Snow World, noted that the park has built an outdoor snow play zone at the Snowflake Ferris Wheel Square. By implementing advanced snow-making technology, it can create outdoor 'snowfall' even in temperatures exceeding 20°C, enabling visitors to enjoy winter activities like snow slides, according to Sun. Additionally, the indoor ice-snow facility – which debuted last summer – has been fully upgraded with new ice sculptures and interactive experiences, Sun added. Certified by the Guinness World Records as the world's 'largest indoor ice and snow theme park', the facility maintains an indoor temperature of -5°C to 10°C, with all of its amusement projects crafted from ice and snow. Sun added that the newly designed Sun Island Ice and Snow Art Gallery will open on July 1, showcasing classic snow sculptures from past Sun Island Snow Sculpture Art Expos. Beyond ice-and-snow offerings, the park has also curated various entertainment and culinary offerings, including Meet Harbin, a large-scale immersive show that debuted last summer, set to return on June 26. The show blends songs, dances, drama, aerial acrobatics, and water sports into a visual spectacle. In addition, on July 5, the park will host the 23rd Harbin International Beer Festival. Located in Harbin City, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Ice-Snow World boasts magnificent ice-snow sculptures in winter, making it one of China's top ice-and-snow tourism destinations. Last winter, it received a record 3.56 million visitors, representing a 31.4% year-on-year increase, hitting a new record high. – Xinhua
Arab Times
24-02-2025
- Arab Times
World's largest ice-and-snow park to close as temperatures rise
HARBIN, Feb. 24, (Xinhua): Harbin Ice-Snow World, the largest theme park of its kind in the world, is set to close Wednesday night as temperatures rise, organizers announced Monday. By Sunday night, the 64th day of its 26th edition, the park had clocked up 3.47 million visits. Situated in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China known as the "city of ice," this year's park was constructed with 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow. Beyond its artistic ice sculptures, the park boasts a range of interactive winter attractions, including a snowflake ice maze, ice rinks, and a massive ice slide. Recent seasonal temperature increases in Harbin, with highs surpassing zero degrees Celsius, have heightened the risk of outdoor ice melting. To ensure year-round enjoyment, the world's largest indoor ice-and-snow theme park will reopen on Thursday after undergoing renovations. Located within Harbin Ice-Snow World, the facility, which was completed in July 2024, began its upgrades on Jan. 30 and promises a unique ice-and-snow tourism experience for visitors in the spring, summer, and autumn seasons. With its booming ice-and-snow tourism, northeast China has gained fresh appeal. Once known as the country's rustbelt, the region had long struggled with a painful economic transition and talent outflows. As an established ice-and-snow theme park, Harbin Ice-Snow World is one of China's leading winter attractions. It surged in popularity on Chinese social media last winter, becoming an internet sensation as passion for winter sports and tourism continues to rise across the country. China aims to boost its ice-and-snow economy as a new source of growth, targeting an economic scale of 1.2 trillion yuan (about 167.32 billion U.S. dollars) by 2027 and 1.5 trillion yuan by 2030, according to guidelines released by the State Council last year.
