Petra officially nominated to become one of the new 7 Wonders
Petra’s official candidacy certificate to the final leg of the “New Seven Wonders of the World” competition was presented by the founder of the project Mr. Bernard Weber during a “re-enactment of life in Petra” event organized by the Jordan Tourism Board on January 16, 2007.
According to a report by tnnworldwide.com, the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) organized this event to take the “New Seven Wonders of the World” committee and the media back in time and give them a feel of what the city of Petra was like 2,000 years ago. After a tour of the “rose-red city”, Mr. Weber held a press conference to answer the media’s questions and inquiries. He stated that his visit to Petra is part of the committee’s world wide tour visiting the 21 final candidates.
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Jordan Tourism Board launched a national “Vote for Petra” campaign in November 2006. A wide spectrum of Jordanian tourism, culture, and commercial as well as non-profit organizations participated in this national drive. The campaign included media programs and reports in addition to advertisements in key newspapers, magazines and Jordanian radio stations and television and many more activities to be carried out during the next six months. An international campaign spearheaded by JTB’s representative offices abroad and by Jordanian Embassies worldwide, was launched earlier.
The re-enactment event, which is part of the national “Vote for Petra” campaign, brought to life scenes from Petra’s day to day culture, people and trade as could have been seen 2,000 years ago, by transforming the Treasury area into a traditional market place featuring the Nabatean era.
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