UNCERTAINTY looms over Saudi Arabia's plans to build a high-tech mountain ski resort in the middle of the desert.

The project has met such substantial woes that the country is even reportedly in talks to relocate the 2029 Asian Winter Games.

These games had been expected to take place in Trojena - in the futuristic city of NEOM in the north of Saudi Arabia .

But the project has faced substantial difficulties as the desert Kingdom scrambles to complete the resort in time, the FT has reported.

Trojena is planned to feature 30km of ski-runs - which will include the Asian Games’ 400m slope.

Snow for the ski slopes would be artificial, and would be pumped from the Gulf of Aqaba 200km away.

"Trojena will become one of the most dazzling destinations in NEOM and across the world," says

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