MACHU PICCHU: MORE TOURISTS, HIGHER PRICES

M achu Picchu’s selection as one of the new Seven Wonders of the modern world has led according to the Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism to a 20 percent increase in the number of tourists visiting the Imperial city of Cusco. Tourism Growth The citadel of Machu Picchu received an average of 1 300 tourists daily after being declared a new wonder. Said amount had not been registered for several years, which consolidates the Inca citadel...

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RECORD NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISIT PE

A record number of tourists visited Petra last year with arrivals topping 580,000 and encouraging the industry to introduce a range of development schemes to sustain the flow. Official figures showed a 62 per cent increase in visitors last year, up from 360,000 in 2006, which generated $13.4 million in tourism receipts for the country. Suleiman Farajat, head of the Petra Archaeological Park (PAP), said the increase in arrivals reflected the importance...

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TAJ MAHAL: HIGH AND LOW

The Indian people all over the world were overjoyed when the Taj  Mahal won its place in the list of the New Seven Wonders. The Indian government however was allegedly not as happy as the common man. Infrastructure requirements of the city of Agra – where the Taj Mahal is located – are far from satisfactory, and especially the numerous cases of robbed and assaulted foreign tourists also present a serious problem for the local tourism development....

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EVERYONE SHOULD SEE CHICHÉN ITZÁ? MAYBE NO

It is a cliché of course, but there are no unmixed blessings. This is one of these things where there isn’t any one right answer… everybody SHOULD see Chichén Itzá, but if everybody does, then… what happens? Fame is nothing new for Chichén Itzá. Since the 9th century AD, when it was the political and religious center of the Itzáes until today, it has been astonishing visitors from the Spanish soldiers commanded by Franscico de Montejo to today’s...

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A REVEALING ANALYSIS OF NEW7WONDERS VOTING

Theresults of the world’s first-ever global vote to determine the New 7 Wonders of the World were announced on July 7, 2007, in Lisbon, in the presence of 50,000 spectators. Now, after 7 years of campaigning, Bernard Weber, Founder and President of New7Wonders, shares his thoughts about what made this election so different and the results so special. Who Voted the Most? Bernard Weber’s analysis of what he discovered when he took a closer look...

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THE MAKING OF A WONDER OF THE WORLD

On July 7, 2007, seven world-known sites were named the new Seven Wonders of the World, after a worldwide vote by telephone and Internet. They are the Chichen Itza’s El Castillo, the Taj Mahal in India, the Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, and the Colosseum in Rome. The Pyramids of Giza received an honorary place on the list, as it is the last remaining monument of the original Seven...

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Wondering About the New Seven (Man-Made) Wonders of the World

On July 7, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal, the results of the world’s first-ever global vote were announced, determining the Seven Wonders of the World. Choosing world wonders has been a rather “loose” process that began more than 2,200 years ago. In ancient Greece, several writers drew up lists boasting of architectural marvels. Known today as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Greek’s lists were limited to beautiful monuments built in close...

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