Table Mountain: New 7Wonders of the World.

Hooray! We all know it, but after campaigns, advocacy awareness, and website promotions, the rest of the world has made their decision to include Cape Town’s infamous Table Mountain as one of the New 7Wonders of the World.

This is HUGE news for the Western Cape.

The Vote for Table Mountain campaign first created THIS video when we were made aware that we became a finalist:

Table Mountain: New7Wonders of Nature finalist from Flow Communications on Vimeo.

After hundreds and thousands of votes, the committee made the decision to include Table Mountain. Watch their announcement video:

The New7Wonders of Nature are:

1. Amazon

2. Halong Bay

3. Iguazu Falls

4. Jeju Island

5. Komodo

6. Puerto Princesa Underground River

7. Table Mountain

Spokesman Martin Jansen van Vuuren, added the following:

“South Africa will gain an additional 108,000 international tourists a year due to the increased exposure of Table Mountain as a New 7 Wonder,” he said.

“The value of this tourism increase is estimated to be approximately R1.4 billion per year for the first five years following the inclusion.”