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Towering more than 1,000 feet up the cliff face that inspired the landscape of the blockbuster film 'Avatar', the world's highest outdoor lift whisks brave tourists to breath-taking views.<br>The three double-decker elevators in central [/news/china/index.html China]'s Zhangjiajie Forest Park zip up the cliff in just 88 seconds, a speedy attraction as domestic tourism slowly recovers in China after the [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] forced strict travel measures and lockdowns earlier this year.<br>It delivers tourists to the top of the sandstone rock face that inspired the fictional jungle moon of Pandora -- home to the blue-hued Na'vi people -- of the 2009 James Cameron smash hit.<br>          more videos    [# ]   [# 1]   [# 2]   [# 3]   [# ]          [/video/news/video-2304214/Video-Hancock-emotionally-reveals-step-grandfather-died-Covid.html  Watch video Matt Hancock emotionally reveals his step-grandfather died of Covid]   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suited to using elevators as a means of transport,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] so we made this Bailong Elevator', explained Liu Jie, the director of the company managing the lift, whose name means 'Hundred Dragons'.<br>'Before, there was only a cable car with limited capacity, so tourists had to wait a long time,' Liu added.<br>The alternative was to brave a three-hour climb up on foot.<br>'It's super-fast,' pensioner Jin Shihao told AFP after completing the ride, which costs 129 yuan (£15, $19) for a return ticket.<br>         The incredible observation lift, which is taller than The Shard, can transport visitors to the top of a 1,070-foot-tall cliff <br>         The towering structure is composed of three separate glass elevators, each of which can carry up to 50 people at a time<br>         According to reports, the 120million yuan (13.7million) project claims to be the highest and heaviest outdoor lift in the world<br>Around 8,000 tourists take the lift every day.<br><br>However, numbers are still significantly down from an average of 14,000 before the pandemic.<br>The Bailong Sky Lift, which is taller than The Shard, can transport visitors to the top of a 1,070-foot-tall cliff (362 metres) from its foot in less two minutes.<br>According to Chinese state newspaper People's Daily Online, the 120million yuan (13.7million) project claims to be the highest and heaviest outdoor lift in the world.<br>To top that, it has set three Guinness World Records: the world's tallest full-exposure outdoor lift, the world's tallest double-deck sightseeing lift and the world's fastest passenger lift with biggest carrying capacity, according to the same article.<br>The structure comprises three separate glass elevators,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] each of which can carry up to 50 people at a time.<br>This means, up to 1,400 tourists get to experience the stomach-churning ride which offers sweeping views across Zhangjiajie's renowned sandstone pillars, thought by some to be the inspiration of the Hallelujah or 'floating mountains' in Avatar.<br>       Located in China's Zhangjiajie Forest Park, the world's highest outdoor lift carries tourists up the cliff face that inspired the landscape for the movie "Avatar"<br>       Around 8,000 tourists are taking the lift every day now, compared to an average of 14,000 before the coronavirus pandemic<br>       Fans of the 2009 James Cameron smash hit flock to the park to see the inspiration of the fictional jungle moon of Pandora<br>          more videos    [# ]   [# 1]   [# 2]   [# 3]   [# ]          [/video/news/video-2304214/Video-Hancock-emotionally-reveals-step-grandfather-died-Covid.html  Watch video Matt Hancock emotionally reveals his step-grandfather died of Covid]   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"wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>Construction of the lift began in 1999 and finished three years later.<br>Service was reportedly halted temporarily due to safety concerns shortly after its opening.<br>But the lift reopened in 2003 and now has a cult following from tourists keen to experience one of the most terrifying rides in the world.<br>Those whose fear of heights prohibits them from taking the lift can instead take a two-and-a-half-hour walk up the valley.<br>The Zhangjiajie, a 3,670-square-mile forest park in Hunan Province, also has a vertigo-inducing glass-bottomed bridge.<br>The breath-taking bridge, which stretches a [http://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=quarter-of-a-mile quarter-of-a-mile] above a 980-foot-deep canyon, was the longest see-through walkway in the world when it opened in 2016.<br>