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New 7 Wonders Tensions

January 30, 2007 at 10:05 AM | by amandak | 3 Comments


You might remember that a guy with a bright idea and an urge to travel around the world for a long time (at someone else's expense) came up with the idea of voting for the world's New 7 Wonders, with it all winding up on 7/7/07. As the tour progresses, some nominated wonders are not acting so wonderfully.

Egyptians in particular are unhappy that their pyramids were nominated at all. They think as the only surviving ancient wonders of the world, the pyramids don't need the humiliation of being involved in a vote where they have only a 1 in 3 chance of ending up a Wonder--Egyptian government officials even refused to meet with the New 7 Wonders team.

Meanwhile down in Sydney, tourism officials are campaigning for people to vote for the the Sydney Opera House as it languishes in the bottom 7 of the 21 nominated wonders, according to recent voting updates. And the Peruvian government has paid for posters on city streets to urge locals to vote for Macchu Pichu. Might the New 7 Wonders just be a matter of who has the best marketing? Not that we'd be cynical about this, of course.

[Photo: Goldmanoz]

Related Stories:
· Egypt Derides 7 Wonders Contest [Washington Post]
· Peru Pushes for Inca City [MercoPress]
· The New 7 Wonders [Jaunted]

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  1. travelina

    Jaunted Member

    Pyramids

    It's funny, most photo makes it seem like the pyramids are in the middle of the desert, but if you read this story and click on the Google Earth photos you'll see that they are really surrounded by suburbs.  
    January 30, 2007 at 6:28 PM
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  1. markj

    Jaunted

    Yup. You Can Even Order Take Out

    Remember the whole Pizza Hut smack dab in the middle of the wonder story?.

    Crazy

    January 30, 2007 at 6:32 PM
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  1. hiddeneurope

    Jaunted Member

    New Seven Wonders (or How to Make a Million!)

    Absolutely Amanda! Premium rate telephone lines, where the Swiss organisers get a rake off from the call charges. A short-list of wonders in populous nations (where folk will surely feel impelled to cast their vote for their national icon). And, though the organisers claim this is a model piece of democracy, what kind of democracy allows you to vote over and over again, even for the same candidate? The upcoming issue of hidden europe magazine (http://www.hiddeneurope.co.uk) has an article that reflects on whether we might not be better just to stick with the seven ancient wonders.
    February 11, 2007 at 10:57 AM
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