Meeting of Copenhagen just ended; the calefacient weather threat has already spread to hometown of of Santa Claus- Rovaniemi-capital of Lappland province in the north of Finland.
In the western person's eyes, "white Christmas" represents a kind of good luck. The snowflake sky falls thickly and fast, on the ground white snow is everywhere, which is the atmosphere indispensable that people spend joyfully Christmas. Annually this time, many people will choose to arrive at the home town of Santa Claus neglecting the distance, experience personally "white Christmas" of original flavor in the sliver Arctic!
The home town of Santa Claus-beautiful " Rovaniemi "
However this year, so noisy tour condition perhaps again is difficult to see! In addition to the influence of financial crisis, the weather condition hard to control makes many people worried whether can spend a satisfied white Christmas, as a result change travel plan. The situation like this takes not for the first time, winter of" Rovaniemi " comes more and more late in recent years, the number sever winter is less and less, the heavy snow becomes sparse and rare more.
Because the weather becomes warm causes land and ocean temperature's continuously going up, the western countries” white Christmas", the probability of appearing is less and less. According to statistics:1971~1992, England appears in Christmas big area snows only have once; But 1993~2003, inshore in England just appeared 5 times widespread snow weather; British owns "white Christmas" at a time recently is in 2001, snow scope to only be limited to some regions with higher elevations.
The temperature turns warm, difficult to see thick accumulated snow
Rovaniemi totally has 60,000 residents, many peoples are all engaged in work related to ice and snow tourism, and now face the threat of "snow shortage", the dog pulls a sledge etc. traditional travel item can hardly to carry on and directly influence residents' employment and Finland’s travel industry development. Helpless, the local tour section only have to adopt the artificial snows, but this waste resource and is anti- environmental- protection. After a long period, environment and economic vicious cycle will occur, people can not help starting worrying:” White Christmas" has already stood close to a doomsday tour!
Christmas traditional travels item
Meeting in Copenhagen hasn't reached the agreement of having the law stipulation effect; the weather becoming warm influences have already permeated to economic realm from the daily life. And directly and urgently threaten development of each nation. To touch this serious topic when the Christmas comes really has no alternative, because the threat has already got to doorway and is waiting for you to choose. What to rejoice is, we still have the opportunity to choose!
The Christmas comes, we also saw the misgiving toward” white Christmas" in children’s pictures and hoped that kid's heart can arouse people to the concern and activity to the weather changes.