Support Komodo for The World"s 7 Wonders Nomination

The position of the Komodo (varanus commodoensis), in the competition for inclusion in the world’s new seven wonders has gotten stronger, said a tourism official here Thursday. "The Komodo’s position is now pretty strong and last week it was even in first place," said Ulbadus Gogi, head of East Nusa Tenggara’s tourism and culture office on Thursday. Gogi said that since being formally announced on July 21, 2009 by the New7Wonders Foundation, the komodo was selected a finalist with the other 28 finalists that opened the way for the final phase of the competition after beating more than 440 nominations from 220 countries. The foundation has now these finalists in the last leg of the list : Anggel Falls, the Dead Sea, Komodo dragon, Galapagos, Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeita Grotto, Maldives, Puerto Princesa, Uluru and Vesuvius. Gogi expected that the Indonesian people, not only those living in East Nusa Tenggara province where the islands on which Komodo lives is situated, to give support because if these pre-historic animal be selected one of the new seven wonders, the positive impacts would be felt by the whole nation. Click here more detail