Hanoi/Vietnam, Zurich/Switzerland: Halong Bay is now confirmed as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. The Official Inauguration events will take place on 27 April in Hanoi and on 1 May at Halong Bay. Making the announcement today in Hanoi, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, congratulated the people of the…
Peruvian Amazon and Puerto Princesa welcome new international flights
The success in the in the New7Wonders of Nature global vote of the Amazon campaign led by the Loreto region of Peru, and the Puerto Princesa Underground River campaign from the Philippines, has meant greater worldwide attention for both. This is now being turned into economic recognition with the addition…
Amazon Interregional Council welcomes New7Wonders
Representatives of New7Wonders attended a recent summit of the Amazon Interregional Council in Iquitos, Peru, chaired by Iván Vásquez Valera, president of the largest Peruvian Amazonian region, Loreto. CIAM is comprised of the regional governments of Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martin and Ucayali. It seeks to streamline…
Peru powers Amazon bid for Nature wonder
The campaign for the Amazon to be elected as one of the New7Wonders of Nature is being led by...Peru. It is fitting, perhaps, that the majestic river shared by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela, is being urged to a new level of greatness by the…
Hoang Viet Thuy Anh, just five months old, votes
Hoang Viet Thuy Anh, just five months old, is the grand-daughter of the Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh, and possibly the youngest voter in the New7World of Nature. Naturally, her preferred candidate is Vietnam's representative Halong Bay. Nobody is to. young or too old to vote…
Seven get down and dirty for Fundy
Seven. It's a magical number. That's why the world is so excited about the New7Wonders of Nature campaign. In Canada, which is represented by the Bay of Fundy, universities were encouraged to create unique sevens with the goal of getting students to vote in the campaign. It worked. "Having this…
Vietnam and the Philippines united by nature
The Philippines and Vietnam have agreed to support each other in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign. The decision was reached at the East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum standing committee meeting yesterday in Cebu City. The commitment to support the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in the Philippines and Vietnam's Halong Bay…
New7Wonders official meetings in Jordan
A New7Wonders delegation led by N7W President and Founder Bernard Weber and N7W Director Jean-Paul de la Fuente met with Her Excellency Dr. Haifa Abu Gazaleh, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Jordan. During these meetings the strategy for the Dead Sea campaign in the New7Wonders of Nature was discussed,…
Tourist arrivals triple thanks to N7W PPUR promotion
Traffic into and out of Puerto Princesa Airport has increased so dramatically that public representatives in the island province of Palawan in the Philippines are calling for an urgent upgrade of the facility. Tourist arrivals have tripled due to the promotion of the Puerto Princesa Underground River in the…
Yearly Gain of up to US$1.837 billion for New7Wonders of Nature Winner says Korean Economic Study
Zurich/Switzerland, 24 May 2011: Korea's Jeju Island could benefit by between US$895 million to US$1.837 billion a year if it is named one of the New7Wonders of Nature, according to an in-depth economic study published by the Jeju Development Institute. Jeju Island is one of 28 Official Finalists in the…