Skiing fever takes hold ahead of 2022 Winter Games
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BEIJING 2022 Winter Olympic ski venue Chongli was visited by 2.185 million tourists, an increase of 30 percent, during the first snow season since Beijing and Zhangjiakou won their co-bid last July, local authorities said yesterday.
Chongli, a small district of Zhangjiakou city, about 200 kilometers northwest of Beijing, will stage most of the skiing events during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
The ski resort earned over 1.54 billion yuan (US$237.77 million) from tourism during the 2015-2016 snow season, up 31.6 percent over the previous season.
The last snow season lasted for five months from November, during which Chongli hosted 36 competitions and activities, such as the Far East Cup and the International Ski Festival for Children. A total of 23 skiing camps have also been set up, attracting 3,800 youngster.
The pending Winter Olympics has ignited Chinese skiing fever. Chongli local education authorities even brought in professional instructors from ski resorts in order to give local beginners a boost.
By the end of November, Zhangjiakou will complete plans for the 2022 Winter Games, and all venue construction will be finished by the end of 2020 to enable the city to hold test events.
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