Ice and Snow Tourism Season in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | Hohhot
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Starting in November, the 2025-2026 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ice and Snow Tourism Season, themed "Singing and Touring Inner Mongolia, Joyful Ice and Snow Season," officially kicked off. The event includes 159 activities, 45 routes, and 48 competitions, lasting five months until March 2026. A winter tourism extravaganza integrating ice and snow sports, folk culture, and trendy activities is unfolding, inviting tourists from all over the country to a passionate and romantic ice and snow adventure.
This ice and snow tourism season is unprecedented in scale and full of highlights. Inner Mongolia has planned and launched "3+13+143" diverse and distinctive ice and snow cultural tourism activities. Among them, three key activities at the autonomous region level include: the launch ceremony of the ice and snow tourism season in Genhe City, known as "China's Cold Pole"; the 22nd China·Manzhouli China-Russia-Mongolia International Ice and Snow Festival, which provides a platform for cultural exchange and industrial cooperation among China, Russia, and Mongolia, showcasing the charm of the open border port; and the opening of the 21st Inner Mongolia Ice and Snow Nadam Fair in Hailar District, Hulunbuir City, creating a grand winter carnival and igniting a winter tourism boom.
Meanwhile, each league and city, based on its local characteristics, launched 13 key league and city-level activities with distinct themes. Hohhot's "Igniting Winter in Northern Xinjiang, Myriad Aspects of Hohhot" series of activities integrates ice and snow light and shadow with cultural and trendy activities; Baotou's "Yellow River Ice Viewing Season" allows tourists to appreciate the magnificent spectacle of Yellow River ice formations; the Arxan Ice and Snow Festival in Hinggan League focuses on the winter experience of hot springs and rime ice; and Chifeng City will host high-level events such as the FIS Snowboard World Cup Merlin Station, showcasing the boundless vitality of "ice and snow + sports". In addition, the Xilingol Winter Mongolian Horse Super League, the Ulanqab volcanic ice and snow "Song of Ice and Fire," and the Alxa League Shenzhou-21 manned spacecraft launch winter viewing event, together create a vibrant winter tourism map of Inner Mongolia.