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Dizzying Heights: Vertical Tourism in China (30 photos)

In recent years, Chinese developers have opened a series of new tourist attractions in some very lofty places. Glass-bottomed bridges span deep canyons, narrow walkways cling to sheer cliffs, observation decks and “skywalks” top skyscrapers, and massive platforms cantilever out into thin air—all designed to entice the slightly adventurous traveler. Collected below, images of a few of these mountainside and urban destinations. A warning to any readers with a fear of heights: Some of these photos are a bit dizzying.

People climb past a 100-meter-high convenience store installed on a cliff in Pingjiang in China’s central Hunan province on April 25, 2018. The store was opened to offer food and water to rock climbers. ( AFP / Getty)
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/11/dizzying-heights-vertical-tourism-in-china/575959/