Saudi Arabia is set to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a mountain resort in the planned futuristic city of Neom. The kingdom will be the first nation from the Middle East to host the event, which features skiing, skating, ice hockey and other winter sports.
The games are set to take place in Trojena, a yet-to-be-built region of Neom located in the kingdom’s north-western mountain range, which is being billed as a new tourist destination for winter sports.
“The deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia will soon be a playground for winter sports,” said the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) as it announced the decision.
The Asian Winter Games are a winter sports tournament for Asian nations. Events include Alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, ice hockey, curling and speed skating, among other winter sports.
The games are organised by the Olympic Council of Asia, and all 45 Asian National Olympic Committees are invited to participate.
The Asian Winter Games were launched in 1986 and are supposed to take place every four years, but were cancelled in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Saudi Arabia is set to host the games in Trojena, a planned region of the $500-billion mega-city that is one of the central pillars of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 development plan.
The Neom site is in the country’s north-western corner, close to the Jordanian border and the Red Sea. Trojena will be located 50 kilometres inland from the coast, in the mountainous Tabuk region.
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