Galapagos, Amazon:
Finalists of New Wonders
QUITO - Galapagos Islands and the Amazon are
among the 28 finalists of the contest "New 7
Wonders of Nature", Rodrigo Salas, director
of Ecuador Tourism Promotion, said.
He said that 77 places classified to the
second phase and now there are only 28
finalists in the different categories. The
winners will be published in 2011.
The categories of the contest are:
landscapes and ice formations, islands,
mountains and volcanoes, rocky formations
and valleys, forests, reserve and national
parks, lakes, rivers and waterfalls and
seascapes.
Salas said they want people relate Galapagos
Islands with Ecuador and also that tourists
visit places of natural and cultural
attractions to be in touch with people from
Ecuador's 4 Worlds.
The two Ecuadorian proposals went on the
last phase with other 26 places, some of
them located in bordering countries.
The Amazon is in the category "Forests,
National Parks and Reserves" and Galapagos
Islands in the "Islands" category.
This contest held by the Swiss organization
New7Wonders began in 2008. In 2009
Ecuadorian Minister of Tourism Veronica Sion
was notified that the two tourist
destinations went on to the second phase.
In the first phase classified 260 of 440
world natural places. 20 places of those 260
are located in South America, among them
there are the two Ecuadorian finalists. |
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