Sports Charm of Harbin

East Asia's cultural capital, one of the top ten cities of ice and snow tourism and the city of Winter Olympics champions ...... Harbin, as the top destination for ice and snow tourism in China, is not only one of the hottest tourist cities across China in winter but also promotes ice and snow sports from scenic spots to the whole city.

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Ice and snow sports enthusiasts can ski at Maoershan Alpine Ski Resort, also known as the training base of Harbin Institute of Sports, Changshou Mountain Ski Resort, Pingshan Shenlu Ski Resort in Acheng District, or experience professional ice and snow facilities and other sports at Harbin New District Ice Sports Center, Pingfang District Aoyu Curling Sports Center, Pingfang District Ice Hockey Stadium, and Pingfang District Ice Sports Base.

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In recent years, Harbin has built up a number of sports tourism projects with their characteristics, fully developing tourism resources that can combine the natural environment with sports.

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Visitors can drive a speedboat at Songbei District's provincial water sports center, cycle along Waterfront Avenue and take a helicopter at the helicopter flight experience center at Daoli District's Youyi West Road. Visitors can also experience paragliding at Harbin Yima Mountain, horse riding at the Harbin Foreign Language City, and hot-air balloon flight at Taiyang Island Scenic Area "Sky City" amusement park. All kinds of hiking activities among the mountains in Harbin is also popular sports and tourism project in the city.