The "Snow Village" in southwestern China has been closed following numerous complaints from tourists who, instead of snow, found... cotton. The owners attributed this to climate change. The "Snow Village" in Sichuan Province,

A tourist village in China 's Sichuan province has apologised after facing backlash for using cotton wool and soapy water to create fake snow. The Chengdu Snow Village project, in its defence, said the weather was warm and the snow village did not take shape as anticipated during the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January.

A tourist attraction in China billing itself as a winter wonderland has landed in hot water after visitors seeking the perfect selfie discovered the promised “snow” was actually made of cotton wool and foamy water.