A WINTER wonderland attraction in China known for its snowy landscapes has found itself on thin ice when visitors discovered the advertised snow was in fact fake.
Misleading social media photos posted by Chengdu Snow Village’s website showed large cotton wool sheets strewn about the grounds and on top of houses in an attempt to deceive the tourists but no such luck.
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Many visitors “cottoned on” and furiously took to social media after finding out the promised “snow” turned out to be cotton wool, bed sheets, white sand and soap bubbles.
One user said: “A snow village without snow.
“In today’s age of a well-developed Internet, scenic spots must advertise truthfully and avoid deception or false advertising, otherwise they will only shoot themselves in the foot.”
“I feel cheated. My intelligence has been insulted,” a third disgruntled tourist said, while another complained: “I wanted snow, but you gave me cotton wool.”
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