PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, one of the country's top natural attractions and recognized as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations, was announced Wednesday as the Philippine's winning entry to the second and final round of an ongoing global search for the seven new wonders of the world.
In the search being spearheaded by a Zurich-based international organization, the underground river bested six other local natural attractions in 2008's internet-based voting campaign.
The Coral Triangle region, shared between the Philippines and five other countries and representing majority of the world's corals and marine-based species, also made the cut of 226 sites from among the original 441 entries from various countries that took part in the 2008’s initial stage of voting.
"We congratulate the successful qualifying locations from the Philippines and wish them the best of luck in the second phase of voting," said Tia Vering, head of communications for the Zurich, Switzerland-based New7Wonders, in a statement.
She noted the strong and enthusiastic participation of the other national nominees that were not proceeding, many of whom already benefited from a significant increase in worldwide awareness.
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That is an incredible story. I think that natural underground formations and geographic features are the most amazing things. Thanks for the post - keep up the great work.
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