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Traffic police have been warning drivers in areas with ice and snow to use snow chains, after long traffic jams were reported near some ski resorts because of cars becoming stuck on the roads.

For three long weeks, Michael Nedelkos and Evangeline Naka, employees of a ski resort’s café-bar in Kaimaktsalan, have been staying in the chalet, facing harsh conditions. The team had been there since Nov. 15 to organize the space and prepare for the café-bar opening, scheduled for Nov. 30.

The ski season at Palandöken Ski Resort kicked off ahead of schedule this year, thanks to an unusually early snowfall in late November which has sparked a surge in winter tourism and visitor reservations.

The first snowfall of the season has dusted Türkiye's ski resorts, giving an early taste of winter that has sparked excitement in the tourism sector and raised hopes for a thriving season ahead.

With snow piling up to over 50 centimeters in certain areas, resorts are gearing up for their official opening in December.

Palandöken Ski Resort in the eastern province of Erzurum, one of the country's top winter sports destinations, is set to launch its season earlier than expected due to the arrival of chilly weather, with teams finalizing preparations for an unforgettable visitor experience.

Climate change climate change has forced Italy and Switzerland to redraw their borders in the Alps, which were defined by the line of glaciers that have begun to melt due to rising temperatures.

Part of the affected area will be below Mount Matterhorn, one of Europe’s highest mountains, and close to several popular ski resorts.

We hop into our car to a mountainous destination where we visit Greece’s newest Ski Resort

With the arrival of spring, ski resorts are overflowing in the last days of the winter tourism season, with visitors who want to take advantage of the last skiing opportunity of the year.

The ski season continues in Uludağ, one of Türkiye's ski tourism hotspots. At the summit, where the snow thickness reaches 40 centimeters, the air temperature is at minus 4 degrees Celsius.

Less than a month after it opened for winter, the ski resort of Agriolefkes on Mount Pilio, central Greece, has suspended its operation due to a lack of snow, the company running it announced on Saturday.

The decision was taken because insufficient snow cover affects safety, it said, adding that it will reopen when weather conditions allow it.

Hoteliers in Türkiye's main ski resorts are optimistic that occupancy rates will be around 100 percent during the school break, which will start on Jan. 19.

Many people are expected to go on vacation during the winter break, which will give a boost to local tourism activity. The country's ski resorts will be one of the main beneficiaries of the short break.