A Chinese tourist village is being investigated after guests were reportedly deceived with fake snow made out of cotton wool and foamy water.

This winter, households will spend more than 630 billion yuan on ice and snow-related tourist trips, according to a report by China Tourism Research Institute. That spending is possible in part ...

HONG KONG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A tourist village in China's southwestern ... up all the snow cotton. The village said it "deeply apologises" for the changes and that tourists could get a refund.

Plenty of people are sceptical that the ice-and-snow economy can lead to long-term change. More tourism can help at the margins, but “the ski resort does not solve the structural-adjustment problem,” ...