Top Ropeways
Almost each country aims to incite the flow of tourists, to improve local attractions by embedding new technologies, renovating the oldest values and by creating more travel-friendly environment for all. Ropeways are among those tools; better to say, they serve to the end goal and attract quite many tourists, fascinate the locals and newcomers by ropeway views and empower vieweres with a scent of adrenaline.
The Armenian ropeway, Wings of Tatev, has been created and put into exploitation exactly for those goals –to facilitate the flow of tourists, to serve as a not common but rare attraction. Well, rare or not, but the fact is that the Tatev ropeway is the longest reverse ropeway with the length of 5,7km, located near Tatev monastery in the Syunik region of Armenia. The ropeway connects the Halidzor village with Tatev holly monastery.
The ropeway’s one-way direction takes about 11 minutes; the maximum height makes 360m and may hold about 25 people. Being the longest reverse human-carrying ropeway in the world, Wings of Tatev, has entered to the Guinness Book of World Records. Some longest tramways are exploited in India and Switzerland as well. By the way, these two countries are also famous for their cargo ropeways.
The ropeway transmits passengers to Tatev monastery, the beauty and holy center of Armenia, and one may enjoy a breath-taking view, overlooking the Vorotan canyon from the cable car cabins.
The tourism development program of Syunik region envisages to improve and recreate nearby villages of Tatev monastery and to embed more working and tourism-targeted conditions in the whole region, as well as in Goris city (https://www.inlobby.com/en/red/goris-armenia.html).
The best of them
According to International Organization for Transportation by Rope, there are more than 30.000 funcitoning ropeways in the world, 58% of which is exploited in EU countries. One of the most developed ropeway business types is centralized in India.
The world shortest ropeway is situated on Gulangyu Chinese island (https://www.inlobby.com/en/red/xiamen.html), which is subject to demolition due to irrevocable controveries, caused by the construction and exploitation of this cable car. With the length of 202m the ropeway is said to be built without approval.
Oldest, newest, most exploited cargo or passenger carrying – one may come across a number of ropeways in the whole world, but some of those are claimed to be the most beautiful ones and rated so due to the amazing views, one may enjoy from ropeway cabins. One of the most beautiful ropeways is located in India, the Gulmarg Gondola ropeway, one of the highest and largest ropeways in Asia.
The Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York (https://www.inlobby.com/en/red/new-york-city.html) is also claimed among the most beautiful ones. This ropeway connects Roosevelt Island with Manhattan. Each cabin may accommodate about 110 passengers. The tramway has been visited by more than 26 mln people since the start of its exploitation.
Capri tramway in Italy is another ropeway, which is well-known by the beauty of its view, opening up from the cabin windows. Sandia Peak Tramway in New Mexico will definitely leave you breathless upon its spanning.
Switzerland is well-known for the ropeways it puts into operation, and Swiss companies are said to be one the best ones, engaged in the tramway business. Klein Matterhorn Cable Car in Switzerland is the highest ropeway in Europe (with about 3.883m at its highest peak).
The three of the oldest ropeways are located in Germany, one of them in Koblenz city (https://www.inlobby.com/en/red/koblenz.html). As for the North America, Grouse Mountain Skyride is the largest tramway in the continent, carrying passengers to the peak of Vancouver.
Palm Springs ropeway in California is truthfully ranked as one of the most beautiful ropeways in the world. The ropeway overlooks a breath-taking visionary and has been one of the most tourist-targeted spots in California since 1963.
And another pearl among ropeways is Sugar Loaf Mountain Tram in Rio de Janeiro (https://www.inlobby.com/en/red/rio-de-janeiro.html).
Currently, ropeway business leaders are said to work out new solutions for making cable cars more innovative, for embedding new technologies, digital and visual effects.