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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Nick Visser

Bali and the not-so-great glass elevator: construction on Kelingking beach prompts outrage from locals

Building of the glass elevator on the Kelingking Beach cliff in Nusa Penida, Bali has been temporarily suspended.
Building of the glass lift on the Kelingking Beach cliff in Nusa Penida, Bali has been temporarily suspended. Photograph: ANTARA/Ni Putu Putri Muliantari

It is famed for resembling the silhouette of a T rex. But the view of Kelingking beach in Bali will never be the same again, due to the construction of a new, 182-metre tall glass elevator that is meant to increase tourism to the area.

Kelingking Beach sits on the coast of Nusa Penida, an island off Bali about a 45-minute ferry ride from Denpasar. The site is popular on the tourist track, with a breathtaking aerial view of a rock formation resembling a dinosaur and a treacherous path to the beach below.

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