Booming ice-snow tourism creates more job opportunities in Xinjiang-Xinhua

Booming ice-snow tourism creates more job opportunities in Xinjiang

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-01-26 20:03:15

Ski instructor Li Rong (L) gives instructions to a trainee at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

URUMQI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Along with the increasing popularity of winter sports among the public, some ski resorts at the suburban areas in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, saw a tourist peak during Spring Festival holiday. The booming ice-and-snow tourism have provided surrounding villagers with more job opportunities and helped increase their incomes.

People have fun at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

Lei Jiajun (R) records tenancy information for tourists at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A staff member of an ambulance corps works beside a ski track at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023.  (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A staff member tunes up a snowmaker at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A ski instructor leads children to enter the practice area at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

Huang Wenyong, who is in charge of the maintenance and operation of snowmaker along with other staff members, works at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A staff member looks for suitable ski boots for tourists at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A shuttle bus driver waits for tourists at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

People have fun at the Silkroad Resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

This aerial photo taken on Jan. 25, 2023 shows a view of the Tianchi Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Guo Gang/Xinhua)

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