Tanja Bause
3 July 2009
SOSSUSVLEI in Namibia can become one of the seven natural wonders of the world if enough votes are cast. People can log on www.new7wonders.com and vote for our magnificent dunes.
Out of 261 nominees from 222 countries, the Sossusvlei dunes are currently in seventh place in the category of landscapes and ice formations.
There are also categories for islands, mountains and volcanoes, caves, rock formations and valleys, forests, national parks and nature reserves, lakes, rivers and waterfalls and finally seascapes.
The Kalahari Desert is currently in first place in the same category as Sossusvlei, but is not yet officially recognised by New 7 Wonders as it stretches across three counties - Namibia, Botswana and South Africa - and no official support committee has yet been registered.
Should Sossusvlei become one of the seven natural wonders of the world, tourism could increase drastically.
Namibians can show their support by voting online until July 7. After July 21 the final 21 natural wonders will be announced and the final voting process will start.
The organisers assume that when the final wonders are announced in 2011 more than a billion people would have voted for their favourite.
The New 7 Wonders organisation was founded in 2007 and announced seven new world wonders made by man.
This is an effort to create awareness of the importance and preservation of world monuments and places.
The statue of Christ Redeemer in Brazil, the Colosseum in Italy, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, Petra in Jordan, the Taj Mahal in India and Chichen Itza in Mexico were voted as the world's seven new wonders in the previous campaign.
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