Arequipa to promote voting for Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca

More than 100 students will participate on Friday as promoters in the Peru-Bolivia binational campaign, to attract votes to favor nominations of Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca in the contest to choose the new seven wonders of nature.

Carlos Corrales, Coordinator of Campaign of the Self-Governing Authority of Colca (Autocolca), said that since 09:00 hours (14:00 GMT) young will encourage local people inside internet booths to vote for these two places.

Some girls wore traditional costumes of province of Caylloma, in Arequipa, and visited internet booths of centre of town, in order to attract votes to favor Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca.

The campaign will be launched simultaneously in cities of Iquitos, Juliaca, Puno and Arequipa (Peru) and in Achacachi, Copacabana, Oruro, El Alto and La Paz (Bolivia).

Corrales pointed out that the campaign will end at 20:00 hours, but people can vote until July, when second stage of this contest is finished.

Organizers have scheduled other four dates to develop similar actions in Peru and Bolivia for April 17, May 8 and 22, and June 12.

Colca Canyon is located in the province of Caylloma, four hours from Arequipa City. To support this initiative, people can enter New Seven Wonders website and vote.

resource: andina