Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Durban short listed for New7Wonders Cities Campaign

Durban has been named a finalist for the next round of the 
New7Wonders Cities Campaign!


The 21 finalists were announced in Lisbon on Monday which coincided with the 7th anniversary of the very first global vote for the original New7Wonders Campaign which was also the same Campaign that saw Table Mountain named one of the New7Wonders of Nature

The 21 official finalists are: Bangkok, Barcelona, Beirut, Chicago, Doha, Durban, Havana, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, La Paz, London, Mendoza, Mexico City, Mumbai, Perth, Quito, Reykjavik, Saint Petersburg, Seoul, Shenzhen and Vigan.

The Founder-President of New7Wonders, Bernard Weber, said in a press release that the diversity of the remaining cities in contention was "remarkable in terms of regional geography and urban culture." 

The New7Wonders Cities has now entered its penultimate voting stage which will finish on 7th October 2014 where the list will go from 21 down to 14.

The 7 Official New7Wonders Cities will be revealed on 7th December 2014.

You can vote for Durban RIGHT HERE

Country:
South Africa
Population:
595,061
Area (SM):
87.2
Density:
6,800.0


Do you think Durban's got what it takes?


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