The Guinness World Records organization has recognized two world records set by the Ba Na Cable Car System in the central city of Danang – the longest single-string cable car system with the biggest height gap between its departure and arrival stations.
The telpherage, which has a total length of more than 5,042m and a height difference of more than 1,291m between its upper and lower stations, was officially inaugurated on March 25 in the presence of State President Nguyen Minh Triet and many other Vietnamese and foreign senior officials.
The system has 22 pillars and 94 cabs to connect the foot of Mountain Ba Na and the peak of Mountain Vong Nguyet within the Ba Na - Suoi Mo tourism area, and can transport 1,500 passengers per hour.
It takes 15.05 minutes to travel safely between the two stations by the system while it takes up to 55 minutes to reach Vong Nguyet through a rough, long and sinuous road.
The cable car system, worth nearly US$300 billion, was built to European standards with Austrian technology and equipment imported from Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.
Tourists to Ba Na will be served drinks inside each cab as well as at the two stations, which were built as modern centres for recreation and restaurant services.
On April 30, the Ba Na Cable Car Service Company will put into use another system that connects the two peaks of Vong Nguyet and Ba Na.
These telpherage systems are expected to boost the economy of Danang city, which has great potential for tourism./.
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