Indonesian Komodo Pull Back from the "Seven Wonders"

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Indonesian Komodo Pull Back from the "Seven Wonders"

The Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism withdraw the Komodo National Park (KNP) as a finalist in the selection of seven new natural wonders or the "New Seven Wonders of Nature" (N7WN).

"This decision was taken because the organizer of the campaign the New 7 Wonders (N7W) Foundation has committed unprofessional, inconsistent, and not transparent, and do not have the credibility that can be accounted for," said Minister of Culture and Tourism (Minister of Culture), Wacik, in Jakarta, Monday.

According to the minister when the KNP officially resigned, but the KNP remains a "world heritage" or a Unesco world heritage recognized in 1991.

In August 2008, Kemenbudpar the Official Supporting Committee (OSC) / Lead Agency to support the KNP as one of the seven natural wonders of the new selection is done through "online voting".

Kemenbudpar has conducted a series of campaign activities "online" and "offline" both at home and abroad to promote and support the KNP.

These efforts paid off on July 21, 2009 at KNP was chosen as one of 28 finalists N7WN campaign after setting aside 440 nominations from 220 countries.

On his way up the polemic, N7W foundation in early December 2010 had agreed to Indonesia in Jakarta this case as the Host Organisation (Official Host) declaration of seven wonders of the natural world.

The committee then requires the Government of Indonesia to pay a "license fee" as the host of the declaration of 10 million U.S. dollars and prepared 35 million U.S. dollars as the cost of organizing the event declaration.

The request was later rejected by Kemenbudpar as judged unrealistic, but as a rejection reaction, the foundation N7W in late December 2010 threatened to eliminate the KNP as a finalist N7W.

According to Wacik, two things really are not related because of the existence of the KNP as a finalist campaigns and bidding N7WN N7W foundation to make Indonesia as the host of a two different things and should have no relation at all. (ANTARA News)

Indonesian Komodo Pull Back from the "Seven Wonders"