Would you brave China's new tourist attraction - a swing on the edge of a 1,000 foot high cliff?

Visitors are lining up to be pushed over the edge - once they're strapped in, that is

Backpackers have long been attracted to risk-taking, whether it’s skydiving in New Zealand or taking a ride down "the most dangerous road in the world" in Bolivia.

The latest additon to the roll-call of extreme tourist attractions is a swing on a 300 metre (1,000 foot) high clifftop in China, which opened this summer. In a new video, a strapped-in visitor can be seen swinging out over the foggy cliff edge at Wansheng Ordovician Theme Park, south of Chongqing. He’s pushed by a member of staff as onlookers giggle and cheer him on.

We would suggest sticking to the park’s tamer attractions, such as the glass-bottomed bridge, but this is by no means the world’s first extreme swing. Ecuador’s Swing at the End of the World hangs from the branches of a treehouse, Casa del Arbol, in a remote part of Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve – 2,660 metres above sea level.

The Swing at the End of the World, Ecuador (Rinaldo Wurglitsch/Flickr)

And Amsterdam can now lay claim to Europe’s highest swing, Over The Edge, which opened last month, nearly 100 metres (328 feet) up, on top of the 22-storey A’Dam Tower.