New 7 Wonders Are They Costly

The project of recognising the New 7 Wonders of World was taken by the Canadian-Swiss enthusiast Bernard Weber, approved by the Swiss Federal Foundation Authority, organized worldwide polling on New 7 Wonders of World from 2001 to 2007 and announced the New 7 Wonder monuments of the World on 07-07-07.

In 2007, the project on the New 7 Wonders of the Natural World was taken up and the following most amazing landscapes of the world were announced as the New 7 Wonders of Natural World by the foundation on 11-11-11, 11 O Clock :

1.Amazon Rainforest, South Americarn2.Halong Bay, Vietnamrn3.Igauzu Falls, Argentina/Bazilrn4.Jeju Island, South Korearn5.Komodo National Park, Indonesiarn6.Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, Philippinesrn7.Table Mountain, South Africa

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.

There were negative observations from countries on the fees charged for participating in the programme. They were required to pay $199 as entry fee in the beginning, but later when the selection process started, some countries were asked to pay huge sums for supporting world wide marketing campaign. Indonesian government claims to have had a demand for $10 million to cover licensing fee and an additional $47 million for hosting the official closing ceremony. Maldives withdrew their nomination when the found the cost of participation would go upto $500,000. There are also comments against branding effort by the participating countries.

The organisers of the project New 7 Wonders of World, however, claim that their branding efforts were not compulsory and the allegations from countries on charging exorbitant prices were not justified.

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 meantime, the New 7 Wonders of World team is proceeding with their programme on the New 7 Wonders of the World Cities.