The Malta Tourism Authority has announced that it has nominated three local landmarks, the Azure Window in Gozo, the Blue Lagoon in Comino and St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta into VirtualTourist.com’s quest to crown the “8th Wonder of the World.”

Public voting is now open at VirtualTourist.com, a leading travel research website that is part of the TripAdvisor Media Group.

With numerous Tourism Boards, Chambers of Commerce and Visitor Bureaus sending in a nomination, the public is asked to vote for their favourite landmark out of the more than 200 submissions.

Voters can visit www.virtualtourist.com to vote for these landmarks and have until 30th September to do so. The wonder with the most votes will be crowned the winner. The winner will receive exposure through a massive media relations campaign push from VirtualTourist.

“It’s wonderful to have a nomination from every corner of the world and hence we are thrilled to receive these landmarks as a nomination from the Maltese Islands,” said Giampiero Ambrosi, General Manager of VirtualTourist.

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“As one of the best travel guide resources on the web, members and visitors to our site have been to almost every country in the world. We are eager to see which landmark they will choose to be crowned as the 8th Wonder of the World.”

8th Wonder of the World, www.virtualtourist.com