Fyre Festival — but make it winter. A local tourist attraction in southwestern China left guests hoodwinked and led astray. The Chengdu Snow Village project in Sichuan attempted to lure in ...

A worker at the Snow Village's management office admitted the fake snow made of cotton was cleaned up following public outrage. “It snowed every winter in the past. So we upgraded this area to ...

Tourists at the Chengdu Snow Village project in the Sichuan province began reporting the snow was fake despite the organization's promoting it as real, according to Chengdu’s culture and tourism ...

The village has since closed down and market regulation ... When Beijing hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics, climate variability forced the Games to be virtually 100% reliant on artificial snow.

A worker at the Snow Village's management office admitted the fake snow made of cotton was cleaned up following public outrage. “It snowed every winter in the past. So we upgraded this area to become ...