What is meant by snow and ice tourism?

Ice and snow tourism: it belongs to the category of ecotourism. As early as 99 years of ecological environment tourism, the type of ecotourism launched at that time mainly includes bird watching, wildlife tourism, cycling tourism, rafting tourism, desert adventure, protection of the environment, natural ecological investigation, skiing tourism, mountaineering adventure, Shangri-La mystery tours, ocean tour and other ten categories of special products. In domestic and international research, the more common is the definition of ski tourism: ski tourism is relying on snow resources set of participatory, fun, stimulation in one of the mountain resort tourism products (Du Qingzhen, 1999), is a return to nature, challenge themselves, fitness, recreation, knowledge and cultivate the temperament of the field activities (Zhang Decheng, 2002). Li Yi et al. (2000) believe that ski tourism is a kind of high-level consumer activity to experience snow and ice culture in the form of skiing to satisfy people's material and spiritual needs, which belongs to the category of ecotourism and forest tourism. Green Dimension Creative Scenic believes that: snow and ice tourism is the main tourism attraction to snow and ice climate tourism resources, experience snow and ice cultural connotation of all forms of tourism activities, is a very participatory, experiential and stimulating tourism products.

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