The world’s highest outdoor lift that inspired the landscape for the blockbuster movie ‘Avatar’, towers more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) up the cliff and whisks brave tourists to breathtaking views, reported AFP.

The three double-decker elevators in the Zhangjiajie Forest Park of China covers the cliff in only 88 seconds, an attraction boosting domestic tourism in China months after the coronavirus outbreak forced the country to put strict travel measures and lockdowns earlier this year.

The tourist attraction offers the visitors 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.

“One of the main reasons we came is that the site inspired Avatar,” said 45-year-old Qiao Ke, who was enjoying the lift with his family.

“Its geological structure is very suited to using elevators as a means of transport, so we made this Bailong Elevator”, said Liu Jie, the director of the firm managing the lift.

“Before, there was only a cable car with limited capacity, so tourists had to wait a long time,” Jie added.

Another option was to climb up the cliff on foot, which took almost three hours.

“It’s super-fast,” retiree Jin Shihao told AFP after completing the ride, which costs $19 (129 yuan) for a return ticket.

Around 8,000 tourists take the lift every day. Although, visitors are still less from an average of 14,000 before the pandemic.