A new two-line cable car system has opened in the southern province of Tay Ninh, taking visitors to the top of Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain and Ba Den Pagoda.
The new cable car system that goes up to the top of Ba Den Moutain in Tay Ninh province. (Photo: VNA)
Tay Ninh (VNA) - A new two-linecable car system has opened in the southern province of Tay Ninh, takingvisitors to the top of Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain and Ba Den Pagoda.
Developed by Sun Group, the cable carsystem, which is part of the Ba Den Mountain Sun World TourismArea project, was designed by Austrian company Doppelmayr at anestimated cost of 2 trillion VND (86.5 million USD) for the first phase.
With a designed speed ofeight metres per second, it can transport 4,400 passengers per hour. Each cabincan accommodate 10 people.
The two-way cable car line 1extends from the foot of the mountain to the peak of Ba DenMountain. It travels 986 metres above sea level with a length of 1,847 metres.
With its 113 cabins, the cable car takesonly eight minutes to reach the mountain’s summit, compared to adangerous four-hour trek.
From the foot of the mountainto Ba Den Pagoda, cable car line 2 has a length of 1,210 metres. Itis designed to have 78 cabins, and takes five minutes each way.
The Guinness World Records Organisation hasrecognised the cable car station as the world's largest cable car station,covering an area of 10,959sq.metres.
An old cable car system that started at thefoot of the Ba Den Pagoda was often overloaded with tourists andpilgrims who were headed for the pagoda and temple complex during thefirst lunar month of the year.
The new cable car system is expected tobetter serve tourists who want to ascend Ba Den Mountain, thehighest mountain in the country's southeastern region.
About 986 metres above sea level, themountain is famous for natural landscapes as well as sacred pagodasand temples.
Tay Ninh has seen a rise in thenumber of tourists in recent years, attracting about 4-4.5 million ofdomestic and foreign tourists every year.
The province’s tourism revenue hasincreased from 5-15 percent each year in recent years.
In 2018, it saw a year-on-yearincrease of 5.4 percent in the number of visitors. Tourismrevenue that year was estimated at 935 billion VND (40.4 million USD), up 12.2percent compared to the previous year./.
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The People’s Committee of Tay Ninh province has approved a master plan for the construction of the Ba Den national tourist site to 2035, which will be submitted to the Government for approval.
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The new cable car system that goes up to the top of Ba Den Moutain in Tay Ninh province. (Photo: VNA) 
