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On November 14, the first snow in Harbin, the booking of travel agencies, ski resorts and outdoor shops sales is up in Harbin. The snow is later comparing with last year. The booking of ski resorts in Heilongjiang province doubles compared with the same time of last year.

According to Mr Zhang, the executive of Yabuli, one of the largest ski resorts in China,"lots of travel agencies in the Northern part of China and the South-Eastern Asia ask the skiing information since the first snow in Harbin. In addition, the skiers in Beijing ,Fujian, Yunnan, Guangdong and Henan also call for the snow information. "