Cebu has made the shortlist of the New7Wonders Cities. The list is made of 77 cities right now and it will trimmed down to 28 by a panel of experts. Among the 28, 7 cities will be chosen by voting starting on October 21, 2013. Iloilo City and Vigan in Ilocos also made it to the shortlist.
Here at the 77 cities that made the shortlist:
- Accra, Ghana
- Asuncion, Paraguay
- Athens, Greece
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Barcelona, Spain
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Bethlehem, Palestine
- Bogota, Colombia
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cairo, Egypt
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Cebu City, Philippines
- Cuenca, Ecuador
- Chicago, USA
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Cusco, Peru
- Doha, Qatar
- Dubai, UAE
- Durban, South Africa
- Edinburgh, UK
- Ha Noi, Viet Nam
- Havana, Cuba
- Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Iloilo City, Philippines
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Kyoto, Japan
- La Paz, Bolivia
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Las Vegas, USA
- Lima, Peru
- London, UK
- Mendoza, Argentina
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Miami, USA
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Montreal, Canada
- Mumbai, India
- Muscat, Oman
- Naples, Italy
- Nadi, Fiji
- Nairobi, Kenya
- New York, USA
- Panama, Panama
- Paris, France
- Perth, Australia
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Quito, Ecuador
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rome, Italy
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Santiago, Chile
- Seattle, USA
- Seoul, South Korea
- Shenzhen, China
- Singapore, Singapore
- Surakarta, Indonesia
- Sydney, Australia
- Tehran, Iran
- Tokyo, Japan
- Toronto, Canada
- Valparaiso, Chile
- Vancouver, Canada
- Vientiane, Laos
- Vigan, Philippines
- Zurich, Switzerland
Based on its official website: “The Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation was established in 2001 by the Swiss-born Canadian filmmaker, author and adventurer Bernard Weber to contribute to the protection of the world‚s human-built and natural heritage and to foster respect for our planet’s diversity.”
It is the same foundation that bestowed Puerto Princesa Underground River as one of the New7Wonders of nature. Will Cebu City be one of the New7Wonders Cities? Check out the New7Wonders website for more details about the competition.
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