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Milford Sound (NZ) in "Seven World Wonders" finals
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Over 260 natural landmarks were nominated from people around the world.
New Zealand's popular South Island tourist destination of Milford Sound has been shortlisted in a global search for the new seven natural wonders of the world, Tourism New Zealand said on Wednesday.
Over 260 natural landmarks were nominated from people around the world.
Experts chose the final 28 from the 77 landmarks with the most votes.
The list will be reduced to a final seven in 2011.
Other finalists included the Grand Canyon in the United States, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Amazon Rain Forest, Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, Yushan in Chinese Taipei, Halong Bay in Vietnam, Jeju Island in South Korea and Komodo in Indonesia.
Organizer Bernard Weber said over one billion people were expected to vote on the final seven.
The competition is similar to that for the seven Man-Made Wonders of the World chosen in 2007.
The winners then were the Colosseum, Italy; the Great Wall of China; the Taj Mahal, India; Petra, Jordan; the Christ the Redeemer Statue, Brazil; Machu Picchu, Peru; and the Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico.
A vast conservation area and tourist destination, Milford Sound attracts more than 500,000 tourists each year and was recently named No.1 Destination in the World by Trip Advisor, the world's largest travel community.
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