Cover news reporter Xi Qinling trainee reporter Zhou Yi
The Beijing Winter Olympics are being held in full swing, and domestic ice and snow sports continue to heat up, becoming a "ice and snow covenant" that people cannot miss in winter and spring.
Sichuan ice and snow tourism "fire" out of the circle, causing great concern in the industry. As the only alpine ski resort in The Panxi region, Liangshan Cultural Tourism Group Zhaojuegu Kede Seven Star Ski Resort is also a frequent success, and its popularity has exploded, bringing people's enthusiasm for enjoying skiing.
Over the past 40 days, the ski resort has received more than 20,000 tourists and local citizens from all over the world who came to Xichang by the Fuxing train, achieving an income of 4 million yuan, more than double that during the soft opening period last year. Depending on the amount of snow available and the weather conditions of the past month, it is expected to be open for 30 days until mid-March.
Ice and snow are also golden mountains and silver mountains. As a wholly state-owned cultural enterprise in Liangshan Prefecture and a cultural position and cultural tourism industry platform of the state party committee and the state government, Liangshan Cultural Tourism Group actively responds to the call of the Party Central Committee to "300 million people participate in ice and snow sports" and "millions of teenagers on ice and snow", makes full use of the unique mountainous and ice resources of ZhaojueGu Kede and the advantages of more than 80 days of snow per year, and proposes and plans to build the largest tourist resort leisure ski resort in Panxi in 2019.
The ski resort is 55km west of Xichang City, with an average altitude of 3100 meters, located in the southwest Silk Road node and the Tibetan-Qiang-Yi Cultural Corridor, is a cultural exchange highland that runs through ancient and modern times, the negative oxygen ion concentration in the region is extremely high, 70% of the time during operation is a good weather with bright sunshine, it can receive more than 2,000 people in a single day, the climate is pleasant, and it is a rare natural ecological ski resort in China.
According to the person in charge of Liangshan Cultural Tourism Group Zhaojue Company, the ski resort is a diversified entertainment project with skiing as the theme, with a total snowmaking area of 80,000 square meters in the ski area and the snow play area, 3 open ski trails, 1 snow groomer, and 25 imported snow machines. Two pistes are available for beginners to experience skiing and children's skiing instruction, and at the same time create a "boom music slide" to achieve night skiing. There are 16 snow amusement projects such as snowmobiling, rapid snow circle, snow spinning, snow yo-yo ball, snow tank and so on to meet the entertainment of different ages and meet the needs of tourists "not to skate but to play". The 1500 square meters of comprehensive service hall supports 700 pairs of skis, 50 pairs of snowboards, 700 lockers, a catering area for 300 people to eat at the same time, an ecological parking lot can park more than 800 vehicles at the same time, and the "snow hot pot" of Yanqi Mountain Villa is to meet the needs of the whole family and friends traveling together.
In 2022, the ski resort will continue to invest more than 20 million yuan for the construction of the second and third phases of the Gukede Ski Resort, and it is planned to add 2 intermediate ski trails, 1 senior ski trail, 2 ski magic carpets, and 1 ski gondola ropeway to meet the growing demand for alpine skiing in Panxi and even the southwest region.