7 Wonders of the World

• 500 BC the first list of 7 Wonders of the World was created

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon – did they even exist?

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Statue of Zeus – destroyed by earthquake

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Pharos Lighthouse- Alexandria

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Pyramids of Giza

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• Why 7? Perfection and Plenty

• They remain top of mind today - 2500 years later - amazing

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Imagine if we can ensure that a South African icon can do the same?• Every school child will learn the names of the

7 Wonders of Nature• N7W becomes an automatic ‘bucket list’• South Africa will have an icon to last 2500

years!

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• Who are the New 7 Wonders Foundation?New Seven Wonders of the World was a project that attempted to update the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept with a modern list of wonders. A popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the Swiss-based, government-controlled, New7Wonders Foundation, with winners announced on July 7, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal

New 7 Manmade Wonders

• Finalists were announced July 2007• 100 million votes• Largest poll on record – this is in itself a

wonder• N7W is expecting a BILLION votes for N7W of

Nature

Economic Impact of N7W

“Visits to Cristo Redentor have increased by 30% since it was voted a New 7 Wonder of the World.”

JB Online, October 25, 2008

“The increase in number of visitors to the Kingdom is also borne out by Royal Jordanian: the airline registered the highest monthly total of passengers in its 44 year history”

AME Info fn, The Ultimate Middle East Business Resource. Sept 5, 2007

Economic Impact of N7W

• “Since being named a wonder of the world, the number of visitors (to Chichen Itza) has increased 75 percent” Juan Jose Martí Pacheco, secretary of Tourist Promotion of Yucatan.

• For every 100 visitors to Petra in 2006, we have seen 148 visitors in 2007, and are expecting 215 in 2008 – a compound increase of more than 100% in just over a year

• (data extrapolated from statement by Suleiman Farajat, Director, Petra Archaeological Park). Neue Zürcher Zeitung, November 23, 2008

Table Mountain is in the final 28!

• Citizens of the world were asked to suggest sites that could be considered a ‘wonder of nature’

• 440 locations in 220 countries were nominated• An official supporters committee was formed: CTT,

SANParks and TMACC• 2009: Table Mountain made it through to the final 77• July 2009: panel of experts announced Table

Mountain is on final shortlist of 28

Table Mountain is in the final 28!

• Table Mountain is part of an elite group:Ayers Rock AustraliaGrand Canyon USABlack Forest GermanyAmazon South

AmericaGreat Barrier Reef AustraliaSeychelles Islands Seychelles

Table Mountain- what is needed?

We need your Vote!SMS ‘Table’ to 34874

www.votefortablemountain.com

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Case study:

• Sundarbans– Largest mangrove swamps on the border of Bangladesh and India – 50% of votes are domestic– this has taken them to the top 14

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And where are we?

Table Mountain is currently in bottom 14• 98% of votes came from international votes

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What can YOU do?• Give us one contact person that keeps us in

the loop• Mention in all media:– twitter– Facebook– Blogs– CALL TO ACTION, ACTION IS TO VOTE

TABLE MOUNTAIN

This is an opportunity that will not present itself again – ever. We are either on the list for the next 2500 years,or we are off the list for the next 2500 years

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Innovative thinking required

Eg 7million trees

TABLE MOUNTAIN

What will you do to help us get there?