The largest waterhole sits alongside a sheer cliff which locals and tourists climb to jump into the adjoining deep waterhole.

The rock was once privately owned, and tourists climbed upon the rock for photographs of it and nearby Balanced Rock.

Worshippers and tourists alike climb the steep stairs from the base of the mountain.

Very few tourists climb Tabwemasana each year, with the number reaching the summit generally less than six persons per year.

Behind one of the pilgrims, a tourist climbs onto one of the Jokhang's massive golden prayer wheels, pulls out a cellphone camera, and starts snapping.

They have since put locked gates up to keep the people from going out onto the rock formation, but tourists and locals still climb the fence.

Many tourists climb to the top of the keep - all 104 feet of it - but not this acrophobe.

She particularly pointed to the importance of the Chinese market where, she said, outbound tourists had climbed to 70 million in 2011.

When it opened, tourists climbed up to an immense metal gridwork platform which hovered near the steel beams and girders of the ceiling.

But the town's Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts now administers it as a museum, and tourists can climb the 199 steps to the top.