The resort hosts competitions, nighttime events and "snow discos "throughout the winter, and hopes more international visitors will participate since Guizhou recently adopted a new 240-hour visa-free

Wintertime visitors to the province's slopes and springs can spend days skiing and nights soaking, Erik Nilsson reports in Liupanshui and Tongren, Guizhou.travel policy for visitors from eligible countries.

Skiers can thaw out in one of the more than 300 hot spring clusters that pock Guizhou's undulating limestone landscapes, such as Liupanshui's Baichehe Hot Spring Resort Hotel.

This 27-hectare AAAA attraction features dozens of indoor and outdoor pools that are not only potable but also are said to contain 18 trace minerals, including selenium, copper and strontium, purported to possess myriad health benefits.

A particularly entertaining feature is a large indoor geothermal pool partly bisected by a walkway leading to a stage for performances and karaoke.

Nearby, the Foding Mountain Hot Spring Town in Tongren's Shiqian hosts over 60 pools of warm water that exhale vapor into the forests that cling to its karsts.