Snow parks boom in Thailand

ARTIFICIAL SNOWThis file photo taken on August 14, 2015 shows children laughing and screaming while sledding at Snow Town in Bangkok. Across the notoriously sweltering metropolis, locals are flocking to a growing number of attractions offering Thais the chance to experience something few ever witness at home—snow and ice. AFP PHOTO

BANGKOK: In a hall filled with psychedelic ice sculptures, there are shrieks of excent as a toboggan careers down an ice run, its occupants snugly wrapped up against the sub-zero temperatures.