The initiative of identifying the New 7 Wonders of World was taken by the Canadian-Swiss enthusiast Bernard Weber, authorized by the Swiss Federal Foundation Authority, organized worldwide polling on New 7 Wonders of World from 2001 to 2007 and announced the finalists on 07-07-07.
In 2007, the project on the New 7 Wonders of the Natural World was taken up in 2007 and the following the most amazing landscapes of the world were announced as the final New 7 Wonders of Natural World by the foundation on 11-11-11, 11 O Clock :
1.   Amazon Rainforest, South America
2.Halong Bay, Vietnam
3.Igauzu Falls, Argentina/Bazil
4.Jeju Island, South Korea
5.Komodo National Park, Indonesia
6.Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, Philippines
7.Table Mountain, South Africa
The exercise of verifying the correctness and validity of polling is going on to confirm the winners and the foundation proposes to do this by the first part of 2012.
Some controversies came up in the project of New 7 Wonders of World , although the foundation received 440 nomination from 220 countries and 20 wonders of Nature were short listed for polling throughout the Globe to select 7 Wonders of World out of them. In fact, Maldives and Indonesia dissented on the basis of additional fee charged by the Foundation, which they considered unfair.
The United Nations Economic Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) , which originally supported this project, later informed that they have no links with this effort. They had some reservations on the method of polling and selection of finalists on the basis of such polling. They observed that the list of New 7 Wonders of World is finalized by a private agency and reflects only the opinion of those who have access to Internet and not the entire world.
In the initial stages, Egypt was skeptical about this project and viewed this as a competition to undermine the importance of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only surviving monument of the original 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Some of the experts from Egypt have even commented that the project is absurd and intended for the self-promotion of the founder of the project.
However, many countries have given overwhelming response to this initiative and have concurred with the results announced.
In the meantime, the New 7 Wonders of World team is proceeding with their programme on the New 7 Wonders of the World Cities.
In 2007, the project on the New 7 Wonders of the Natural World was taken up in 2007 and the following the most amazing landscapes of the world were announced as the final New 7 Wonders of Natural World by the foundation on 11-11-11, 11 O Clock :
1.   Amazon Rainforest, South America
2.Halong Bay, Vietnam
3.Igauzu Falls, Argentina/Bazil
4.Jeju Island, South Korea
5.Komodo National Park, Indonesia
6.Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, Philippines
7.Table Mountain, South Africa
The exercise of verifying the correctness and validity of polling is going on to confirm the winners and the foundation proposes to do this by the first part of 2012.
Some controversies came up in the project of New 7 Wonders of World , although the foundation received 440 nomination from 220 countries and 20 wonders of Nature were short listed for polling throughout the Globe to select 7 Wonders of World out of them. In fact, Maldives and Indonesia dissented on the basis of additional fee charged by the Foundation, which they considered unfair.
The United Nations Economic Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) , which originally supported this project, later informed that they have no links with this effort. They had some reservations on the method of polling and selection of finalists on the basis of such polling. They observed that the list of New 7 Wonders of World is finalized by a private agency and reflects only the opinion of those who have access to Internet and not the entire world.
In the initial stages, Egypt was skeptical about this project and viewed this as a competition to undermine the importance of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only surviving monument of the original 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Some of the experts from Egypt have even commented that the project is absurd and intended for the self-promotion of the founder of the project.
However, many countries have given overwhelming response to this initiative and have concurred with the results announced.
In the meantime, the New 7 Wonders of World team is proceeding with their programme on the New 7 Wonders of the World Cities.
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