KL voted an urban wonder of the world

Kuala Lumpur has been voted as one of the seven most magnificent cities in the world.

The other six were La Paz (Bolivia), Havana (Cuba), Beirut (Lebanon), Doha (Qatar), Vigan (Philippines) and Durban (South Africa). From a list of 1,200 nominees from 220 countries, the list was narrowed down to 28 through a qualification and selection process.

The top 28 cities went through three phases of worldwide voting until seven cities were chosen. The seven cities were picked based on votes via the Internet, smartphone apps, international telephone voting lines and text messaging.

“We congratulate each of these cities on achieving their New7Wonders status and we look forward to celebrating their election with their citizens next year,” said New7Wonders founder-president Bernard Weber after announcing the results at the New7Wonders voting centre in Dubai.

Launched two years ago, New7Wonders Cities is the third global vote and follows the New7Wonders of the World and New7Wonders of Nature campaigns.

Established in 2001, the foundation seeks to contribute to the protection of the world’s man-made and natural heritage.

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