Yes, Komodo Listed as New7Wonders!

Komodo listed as finalist in new7wondersThe struggle of Indonesian people in the campaign to include Komodo as one of the seven wonders of the world seems not in vain. In the interim results released on www.new7wonders.com, Saturday (11/12/2011), Komodo is listed among the six other winners.

In its website, the New7Wonders mentioned, the results of this calculation can still be changed in line with the ongoing factual computation, including the calculation of voting via sms in each country that has not completed yet.

Previously, the voting officially closed on Friday (11/11/2011) at 11:11:11 GMT. The result is the first tally of voting via the website. Besides Komodo, there are six other wonders of the world, namely the Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Puerto Princesa Underground River, and Table Mountain.

They also emphasized, the composition of the seven winners in the site today is not based on rankings, but in alphabetical order. Thus, the information obtained so far, which of the seven wonders of the world who obtained the highest score.

It was mentioned, the official announcement New 7 Wonders winners will be conducted in early 2012 in an official ceremony. Meanwhile, the current process of validation and verification of an independent party on the results of voting either through websites or sms are on going.

Indonesia’s Komodo National Park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller ones, for a total area of 1,817 square kilometers (603 square kilometers of it land). The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon. Later, it was also dedicated to protecting other species, including marine animals. The islands of the national park are of volcanic origin.