The New 7 Wonders of the World was a campaign started in 2001 to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. The popularity poll via free web-based voting and telephone voting was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation (N7W) based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on 7 July 2007 at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon . The poll was considered unscientific partly because it was possible for people to cast multiple votes. According to John Zogby , founder and current President/CEO of the Utica, New York–based polling organization Zogby International , New 7 Wonders Foundation drove "the largest poll on record".
15-574: New 7 Wonders Cities (2011–2014) was the third in a series of Internet-based polls operated by the New 7 Wonders Foundation. It followed New7Wonders of the World and New7Wonders of Nature . The poll began in 2007 with more than 1200 nominees from 220 countries. A longlist of 77, limited to a maximum of one city per country, was considered by a panel headed by Federico Mayor Zaragoza , former director-general of UNESCO , which shortlisted 28 suggestions. The shortlist
30-573: A commercial business. All licensing and sponsorship money is paid to NOWC. The foundation ran two subsequent programs: New 7 Wonders of Nature , the subject of voting until 2011, and New7Wonders Cities , which ended in 2014. The Great Pyramid of Giza , largest and oldest of the three pyramids at the Giza Necropolis in Egypt and the only surviving of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ,
45-490: A panel in 2006. The New 7 Wonders Foundation, established in 2001, relied on private donations and the sale of broadcast rights and received no public funding. After the final announcement, New 7 Wonders said it did not earn anything from the exercise and barely recovered its investment. Although N7W describes itself as a not-for-profit organization, the company behind it—the New Open World Corporation (NOWC)—is
60-585: A reality-show celebrity posing next to the city's trademark Christ the Redeemer statue. According to an article in Newsweek , around 10 million Brazilians had voted in the contest by early July. This number is estimated as the New 7 Wonders Foundation never released such details about the campaign. An airplane message, with a huge inscription "4916 VOTE FOR CHRIST" flew in Rio de Janeiro for a month. An intensive campaign led by
75-617: Is manages in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Relations , and the Ministry of the Economy and Finances as well as other sectors of the Peruvian government within their respective jurisdictions. Additionally it is in charge of regulating foreign trade . The ministry directs international trade negotiations for the Peruvian government and is empowered to sign agreements within its jurisdiction. In
90-707: Is no comparison between Mr. Weber's mediatized campaign and the scientific and educational work resulting from the inscription of sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List . The list of the 8 New Won cannot, in any significant and sustainable manner, contribute to the preservation of sites elected by this public. In Brazil there was a campaign Vote no Cristo (Vote for the Christ) which had the support of private companies, namely telecommunications operators that stopped charging voters to make telephone calls and SMS messages to vote. Additionally, leading corporate sponsors including Banco Bradesco and Rede Globo spent millions of reals in
105-607: Is the ministry in charge of issues pertaining to foreign trade of the Government of Peru and the promotion of Tourism in Peru . As of 3 September 2024 , the minister of foreign trade and tourism is Úrsula Desilú León [ es ] The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism defines, directs, executes, coordinates, and supervises the policies of foreign trade and tourism. It has responsibility in issues pertaining to exportation and international business agreements, which
120-462: The Tourism sector , it promotes, orients, and regulates tourist activity with the goal of promoting sustainable development for tourism, and it includes the promotion, orientation, and regulation of arts and crafts directed towards tourists. It promotes free trade agreements , as well as manages the tourism entity PromPeru , a government organization responsible for promoting Tourism to Peru around
135-701: The Moais had finished eighth and were morally one of the New 7 Wonders. Hortus said he was the only participant to receive such an apology. A campaign to publicize the Taj Mahal in India gathered speed and it reached a climax in July 2007 with news channels, radio stations, and many celebrities asking people to vote for the Taj Mahal. Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan joined the campaign to back Petra , Jordan's national treasure. There
150-500: The New 7 Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the campaign by providing advice on nominee selection, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), bound by its bylaws to record and give equal status to all World Heritage Sites , distanced itself from the undertaking in 2001 and again in 2007. The 7 winners were chosen from 21 candidates, which had been whittled down from 77 choices by
165-473: The Peruvian Ministry of Commerce and Tourism in Peru had a great impact in the media and consequently, Peruvian people voted massively for its national wonder. The announcement of the new World Wonders generated great expectations and the election of Machu Picchu was celebrated nationwide. The Chilean representative for Easter Island 's Moais , Alberto Hortus, said Weber gave him a letter saying that
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#1733084742568180-529: The effort to have the statue voted into the top seven. Newsweek reports the campaign was so pervasive that: One morning in June, Rio de Janeiro residents awoke to a beeping text message on their cell phones: "Press 4916 and vote for Christ. It's free!" The same pitch had been popping up all over the city since late January—flashing across an electronic screen every time city-dwellers swiped their transit cards on city buses and echoing on TV infomercials that featured
195-486: Was a campaign on the news programs to encourage people to vote for Chichen Itzá . The other 13 finalists, chronologically were: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Peru) Supreme Court of the Republic President Javier Arévalo Vela [ es ] The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism ( Spanish : Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR ) of Peru
210-523: Was granted honorary status. In 2007, the New 7 Wonders Foundation contracted a partnership with the United Nations in recognition of the efforts to promote the UN's Millennium Development Goals . However, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in a press release on June 20, 2007, reaffirmed that it has no link with the initiative. The press release concluded: There
225-479: Was then opened to a public vote. Announced in 2011, it ended in 2014 with the selection of Beirut , Doha , Durban , Havana , Kuala Lumpur , La Paz and Vigan as the winning cities. New7Wonders of the World The program drew a wide range of official reactions. Some countries touted their finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed or criticized the contest. After supporting
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