Surprisingly perhaps, Saudi Arabia is becoming a developing nation for snow sports. Despite the lack of reliable natural snowfall, its government recently announced the creation of an outdoor snow ski area, Trojena, which has been awarded the 2029 Asian Winter Games even before construction of the ski area has begun. The Saudi government has also advertised seeking to find snow-savvy

A new report has found that while China’s now 50 indoor ski centres represent 7.17% of the 697 ski resorts the world’s second-most populated country currently has in operation, they attract 3.43 million skier visits, accounting for 18.41%of the total 19.83 million skier visits China recorded in the 22-23 ski season. The newly released 2022-2023 China Ski Industry White Book

The new largest indoor snow centre in the world is reported to be under construction and will open in China’s Shenzhen in 2025. China is already home to the three largest indoor snow centres in the world, according to The World Indoor Snow Centres Report, but the new centre will be slightly larger than the existing biggest in the planet,

Research by the online publication IndoorSnowNews.com has found that China now has 44 indoor snow centres, with six more in the final stages of construction and expected to open by the end of the year. There are currently 44 indoor snow centres operating in 15 of China’s 23 provinces, 2 of its 4 municipalities and 2 of its 5 autonomous

A temporary indoor snow facility in Thailand has become at times a victim of its own success with reports of negative online reviews being posted due to very long wait times for admissions and over-crowding of the facility once visitors make it in. However things appeared to improve after initial teething issues when the facility opened for a three-month run

A second indoor snow centre has opened in Lahore, Pakistan’s second biggest city and the 26th largest in the world. Winterland is a snow and ice themed centre where attractions include a short snow slide, ice cycling, ice skating, a tubing carousel on ice and a snow swing among other attractions.  There’s also a zipline and kids non-snow play area.

A group has been launched that aims to re-open the only indoor snow centre in the country. Snow Factor, located at XSite Braehead near Glasgow closed around six months ago in late 2022 after the company that ran it went into liquidation last year.  The rest of the mall around it remain open. Snow Factor opened on April 6th, 2006

The first ice rink, complete with a small real snow indoor play area, has opened in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad And Tobago. Christened the Ice Caribbean Entertainment District (or ‘ICED’ for short), the facility is located at  La Romaine. A sizable crowd are reported to have gathered outside the facility ahead of its scheduled opening. The ICED building has

A large indoor snow centre has opened as part of a huge new mall in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Central China. Dubbed “the first urban centre indoor ski resort in central China” the ‘Wushangmeng Era Hot Snow Miracle’ is a four-season ice and snow era located on the 8th floor of the mall which, although its ground footprint is 102,500 square

Axis Leisure Management has announced that it’s working on one of the planet’s flagship new indoor snow centres, currently known as Snow World Shanghai. The building, described by Axis as, “one of the largest and most technologically advanced indoor snow and ice venues in the world” is currently scheduled for opening in Q4, 2023, the company says. According to Axis