23 oktober 2008 05:52

Lake Toba, Komodo, Krakatau Isles Nominated For New7wonders Of Nature

Jakarta - The New7Wonders Foundation has nominated three locations in Indonesia, namely Komodo Isle National Park (East Nusa Tenggara), Lake Toba (North Sumatra), and Krakatau Isle (off sothern Sumatra) for world recognition as part of New7Wonders of Nature for the period 2008-2010, a tourism official said.

The campaign of selection New7Wonders of Nature candidates is being done through a live-vote method on www.new7wonders.com, Antara news agency reported.

"In relation with the nomination of the three places, New7Woender Foundation has sent a press release asking for the publication of the news," Esthy Reko Astuty, director of promotion facilities at the Culture and Tourism Ministry, said here on Wednesday.

The ministry hoped that at least one of the nominees could enter the final selection in early 2009, she said.

Therefore, the culture and tourism ministry urged the Indonesian people to actively participate in the selection by joining the live voting on the internet, she said.

Nestled between the large Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra is the Krakatau Volcano National Park.

In the fourth century, a single marine volcano stood at this site, but in 416 AD, the caldera of the volcano collapsed.

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.

Source: http://www.bernama.com.my (October 22, 2008)
Credit Photo: www.uhh.hawaii.edu

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