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At 233 meters (764 ft), the Macau Tower's tethered "skyjump" and Bungee jump by AJ Hackett [1] from the tower's outer rim, is the highest commercial skyjump in the world, and is also the second highest commercial decelerator descent facility in the world, after Vegas' Stratosphere skyjump at 252 meters (827 ft).
Another activity Macau offers for visitors is the Macau Tower Bungy Jump. This jump earned the Guinness World Record for the "Highest Commercial Bungy Jump in the world" at 233m (or 764 ft). [11] Tourists can expect to pay HK$3,688 for their first jump, and a lower price of HK$1,675 for their second jump.
Macau Tower The Venetian Macao Ruins of St. Paul's Lotus Square Macau Fisherman's Wharf Macao Science Center Popular tourist attractions in Macau include the following: Buildings and towers
Bungee jumping (/ ˈ b ʌ n dʒ i /), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic cord. The launching pad is usually erected on a tall structure such as a building or crane, a bridge across a deep ravine , or on a natural geographic feature such as a cliff.
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2006: Opening and jumping out of the Macau Tower in Macao measuring 233 metres (764 ft) above ground and holding the title as the highest commercial bungy; 2007: Doubling the previous record of 700 metres (2,300 ft) out of a helicopter with 1,499.6 metres in Malaysia with his new bungy technology allowing bungy stretches of over 1 kilometre
History Today (Apr 1951) 1#4 pp 42–49 online. Gunn, Geoffrey C. Encountering Macau, A Portuguese City-State on the Periphery of China, 1557–1999 (Boulder: Westview Press, 1996) ISBN 0-8133-8970-4 In Portuguese (1998) Ao Encontro de Macau: Uma cidade-estado portuguesa a periferia da China, 1557–1999 (Macau: Fundação Macau].