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Seven (new) natural wonders of the world: cast your vote!

by Catherine Bodry (RSS feed) on Dec 6th 2007 at 1:08PM

The seven wonders of the world were one of my earliest inspirations for travel and learning. Seven is a manageable number, and it seemed plausible to see them all. Well, evidently there's more than seven wonders, since earlier this year seven new ones were chosen. Over 100 million people participated in selecting the new destinations. Among the new person-made structures are Machu Picchu, Peru, and Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue. (The pyramids of Giza are the only structures carried over from the original list).

Now it's time to nominate the seven new wonders of the natural world. Currently there are around 300 suggestions from 6 continents. Beginning in January 2009, people will be able to vote via mobile phone, Internet or telephone.

Original wonders include the Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest, and the Grand Canyon. What would you choose?

Thanks to munkeygirl on Flickr for the photo of the Great Barrier Reef.

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Ecotourism, News

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mohammad ShahidulIslam Jul 1st 2008 3:00AM

Coxs Bazar Sea beach is the logest and wider sea beach with adjacent hill and waterfalls along with elephant suffery and availability of huge tourist facilities causing natural beauty to the Coxs Bazar Sea Beach,Bangladesh.

kaniz fatima Aug 19th 2008 8:38AM

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krizha Sep 22nd 2008 11:08PM

hi i want to vote our phil. go go go phili.

sachin saraswat Sep 24th 2008 8:50AM

the ganga is the most popular river i want to vote for ganga river

Mrinal Majumder Nov 5th 2008 6:13AM

Coxs Bazar Sea beach is the longest and wider sea beach in the world. So i want to vote for our such kind of natural beuty of Coxs Bazar Sea beach. Come to our country & see the natural beuty of Coxs Bazar. Then vote for our Coxs Bazar Sea beach.

sakib May 5th 2009 2:32PM

Cox's bazar is the finest place of the world.We are proud of it.So I want to cast my vote for Cox's Bazar

Manzoor Hassan Jun 13th 2009 3:42PM

World beauty Cox's Bazar will stand first in the 7 wonder of the world. So, come and see and feel.

Nazmus Sakib Jul 3rd 2009 7:47AM

cox-bazar,the longest sea beach of the world. To me this is the finest of all. So, i would like to cast my vote for it.

Chris Dec 6th 2007 3:04PM

Hate to break it to you Catherine, but you can't visit 6 of the 7 original wonders of the ancient world, mostly because they don't exist anymore. And the only reason why the pyramids carried over to the new list, is because they're the only remaining wonder left standing from the original list. lol.

Originally, the pyramids were one of the selections for the seven new wonders, but after Egypt made a big stink, they recognized them as having a secured spot in the new top 7, just a FYI.

Catherine Dec 6th 2007 3:33PM

Hey Chris,

I'm aware that I can't visit six of the seven wonders of the ancient world (although I've still made it to Rhodes), but they still make great pilgrimage sites. I'm also aware of the big stink about the Pyramids.

FYI

Cheers,

Catherine

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