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As of June 16, 2008, phenomenal gains for Palawan’s Tubbataha Reef, Bohol’s Chocolate Hills, and Puerto Princesa’s Underground River which are now all in the Top 5 in the recent count of the New Seven Wonders of Nature survey.

Palawan’s Tubbataha Reef is now in 2nd place, just right behind Ha Long Bay of Vietnam. Bohol’s Chocolate Hills is right behind in third place and Puerto Princesa’s Subterranean National Park climbed to 5th spot. The biggest move was made by Mayon Volcano in Albay now in 9th place.

Last May 17, the Switzerland-based New7Wonders Foundation announced that Brazil’s Statue of Christ Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid, Great Wall of China, Jordan’s Petra, the Colosseum in Rome and India’s Taj Mahal were the winners in the first search for the New Seven Wonders of the World.

The winners in the search, which was launched in 1999, were selected through a tally of around 100 million votes cast by people around the world over the Internet and by cellular phone text messages.

The second search for the New 7 Wonders of Nature organized by the non-profit foundation generated about 200 nominations within the first few months of the campaign. About half a million people submitted their nominations.

Search organizers said nominations for the new campaign ends on Dec. 31 this year, after which a panel of experts would come up with a shortlist of 21 candidates.

Voters from around the globe will cast their vote for the new Seven Wonders of Nature from the shortlist of 21 candidates.

Source: www.GoodNewsPilipinas.com