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Snow world journey boosts tourism in Xinjiang

(chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-12-27 09:46



The ice lanterns, snow sculptures, and ice labyrinths make tourists come
into a fairy snow world during the 2006 Silk Road Snow and Ice Festival
in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2006. This year's
festival opened in Urumqi Red Hill Park on Wednesday.

The 2006 Silk Road Snow and Ice Festival was opened in Urumqi's Red Hill
Park, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday. Local officials hope
this year's festival can boast tourism industry in Xinjiang.

Snow sculptures demonstrating Xinjiang's traditional culture are
displayed in the People's Square and Red Hill Park. Sliding boards carved
by ice also attract many tourists. Moreover, Xuelianshan and Silk Road
ski runs are also well prepared for upcoming 20-30 thousand tourists from
home and abroad.

Local travel agencies also launched five tour routes in the region, for
tourists to enjoy unique winter scenery there. Tourists can have access
to scenic spots in Kashgar, Tianshan and Turpan, and some can be seen for
free.

Xinjiang, an ancient communications center on the ancient Silk Road, has
a long history of sporting on ice and snow. All kinds of recreation
activities in a snow world always fascinate local citizens. Altay
Prefecture is regarded as the cradle of traditional Chinese skiing. In
the past, because of poor transportation facilities, the development of
local tourism in winter always stagnated. Local government has invested a
lot of money on infrastructures in recent years, to promote tourism
industry.










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