The go ahead for a new indoor snow centre at China’s coastal city of Tianjin, southeast of capital Beijing. The formal agreement to construct Tianjin Indoor Ice and Snow World was officially signed on September 2, 2024. The project will see an investment of 2.5 billion yuan ($350m) by Mingxing Ice & Snow (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. Details of the

Snow Kingdom, north India’s biggest snow park located at an altitude of 2,700m at the scenic destination of Kufri, near Shimla, has been set up with the aim to boosting the tourism sector in the area, which has been in decline in recent years. The park spanning over 1,100 sqm and offers year-round snow activities, including sledging, slides and tube

The planned new $500 million-plus Winter Sports World Indoor snow centre in Western Sydney has released renderings of how its interiors is expected to look as momentum builds towards construction commencing next year. The newly released images follow announcements earlier in August that locally based attractions company Hammons Holdings has been selected as preferred operator to run and manage the

Bosnia’s Ravna Planina ski centre near 1984 Winter Olympic host city Sarajevo has announced plans to build an indoor ski run on one of their slopes. The resort, which was the first in the country to install a modern gondola after the end of the Balkan Wars, said it intends to build a 350-metre long ski slope, with a drop

The world’s new largest indoor snow centre is set to open in China next month, more than eight years after it was first announced. Now known as ‘The Shanghai L+ Snow Indoor Skiing Theme Resort’ (it was called Wintastar Shanghai when first announced in 2015), the vast facility, located in Shanghai’s Lin-gang Special Area will contain 90,000 square metres (over

The spectacular Winter Sports World indoor snow centre planned for Penrith near Sydney in Australia is anticipating a late 2027 or early 2028 opening. “This is one of the most common questions we get. Trust us, we’re just as eager as you to be carving up the powder and sipping hot chocolate. After nearly six years of navigating a host

A new indoor ski resort located an hour from Shanghai in China has proven so successful in itys first six months of operations that the company behind it, Club Med’s owners Fosun, have announced construction of “phase 2”. This will include the world’s longest indoor snow run yet, it’s biggest indoor vertical (the first to exceed 100m) and the new

India currently has the second most indoor snow centres in the world, behind China, although most of these offer ‘snow fun’ and ‘snow experiences’ rather than skiing or snowboarding slopes. The country’s Snow World Entertainment group, which claims, “the largest indoor snow park in Asia” and currently operates four snow experience centres in India, has announced plans to double its

Manilla currently has a winter wonderland right in the heart of the city at the start of summer as temperatures move well into the 30s Celcius! The temporary Winter Magic attraction has been created in the Robinsons Galleria Ortigas mall in The Philippines capital city and will be open until 9 June. Winter Magic offers visitors of all ages the

The former indoor snow centre at Braehead near Glasgow in Scotland is to reopen as an indoor karting centre, it has been announced. Most recently known as Snow Factor, but originally built as Xscape by a group which also built the still operating Snozone indoor snow centres in Milton Keynes and Castleford between Leeds and Hull, the facility closed down