While the
New 7 Wonders of the World website does not show any particular list of 10 finalists, the newspapers yesterday reported, supposedly with the confirmation of the 7 New Words administration, that they have selected the 10 finalists in the campaign, and the Dead Sea is among them! The final winner will be chosen this Friday, so you just have a few days left to go vote!
Vote for the Dead Sea!
If the Dead Sea is selected as one of the winners, it would means an increase in tourism by hundreds of thousands of tourists, which would be a big direct boost to the economy. in addition to affecting all sorts of secondary levels of job creation in order to provide more services to more tourists.
Someone pointed out to me the link says the Dead Sea is in Palestine.
ReplyDeletegood catch. It says "Israel, Jordan, Palestine"
ReplyDeleteWhy did they put in Palestine?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, but I would guess (and it is just my guess) that it was to avoid alienating anybody and becoming the subject of a ban and a davka vote against
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