A lift with a view! Chinese national park installs spectacular £2m glass elevators on a cliff face to help tourists reach the peak faster
- A Chinese tourism authority has built a set of 475-foot-tall lifts to help tourists go up and down the cliff
- Glass elevators are built on the side of a near-vertical cliff in a national park in Hubei Province, central China
- The structure cost 20 million Yuan (£2 million) to construct and was put into operation on September 1
A Chinese national park has installed a spectacular set of glass elevators on the side of a near-vertical cliff.
Two lifts, which are completely transparent, are built on the side of a cliff standing 3,543 feet above sea level in Tiantangzhai National Park in central China's Hubei Province.
The structure cost a whopping 20 million Yuan (£2 million) to build and was put into operation on September 1, reported People's Daily Online.
Impressive: Two glass lifts (pictured) have been installed on the side of a cliff in Tiantangzhai national park, central China
Criticisms: Some people say the modern lifts don't fit in with the natural scenery while others praised the functionality of the structure
Visitors can walk on the public foot paths around the mountain after getting out the transparent glass lift to see more of the scenery
Operating at speeds up to 2.5 metres per second, the 475-foot-tall lifts send tourists to the peak of the mountain in just 54 seconds.
According to local reports, each elevator can accommodate 18 people and can transport up to 3,000 visitors a day.
Tiantangzhai has been a famous tourist site for decades.
The scenic spot, whose name translates to 'heaven mountains' in English, is famous for its mountainous scenery and its impressive waterfalls.
These new glass lifts allows visitors to overlook 25 mountains in the national park, all of which stand more than 3,000 feet above the sea level.
However, Chinese web users are divided over the lifts.
Some are critical of the fact that the lifts do not blend into the surrounding scenery.
One user of Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, said: 'This has ruined the scenery!'
But others are in awe of its height as a Weibo user exclaimed: 'I am going to visit next month. I should be fine with the height.'
Don't look down: Visitors get to experience the stomach-churning sensation of walking at more than 3,000 feet above sea level
What a lift! The structure take passengers from the bottom to the top of the cliff in 54 seconds. It can transport up to 3, 000 people daily
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