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| Beach Nongsa |
Batam City bearing the image as an industrial city, ranging from garments, ekktronik, sarapai shipyard. into the city center cheap shopping, such as electronic goods, up to the title as the city "Ruli" (wild house) as a result of immigration from areas in the archipelago beibagai to find a job in this city. However, the fact of Batam has a natural tourism area which accounted kyak existence. T & KNI, a beach located on the east kut Puku Batam. Nongsa Beach name.
Nongsa Beach is one of nature tourism potential that can suck the domestic and foreign tourists to come to the city of Batam. Because, the beach is located in the eastern part of Batam Puku kut combines the beauty of the beach with the feel of a modern city.
The name 'Nongsa' was adopted from the name of a character who first mengpmbangkan Mekyu wikyah this coast, from the khan empty and neglected by wrapping shrubs in the form of mangrove trees and shrubs into areas that have nikijual. Okh local community, this region is dubbed as the Old Nongpa.
From this beach, coastal part sektan Singapore can be achieved only with a half-hour motor boating. This proximity causes mas5rarakat village there in the 1970s hin ^ a 1980s KBIH mengpnal dokr Singapore currency or ringgit Mak ^ k than nipkh.
In that period, the fishermen in the region Nongsa sell fish, like grouper, small opening, and other reef fishes, direct to Singapore. In addition to selling fish, they are also used to peddle wood from forests in Batam Island who was then the face of this island is still forested mangrove habitat of the beaver, various wading bird, and white sea eagle.
Today, Old Nongsa Beach has been transformed as a prestigious recreational area. This place is also a region which is always contested by the investors to build resorts. Not infrequently, local residents can only see an exclusive resort that is not affordable. As a community of fishermen who make the sea as a sustainer of life, local residents are now no longer able to sail free. Managers often forbid them to build resorts bagang around the coast as it is considered dangerous or cruise ships that tour the ship will dock at one of the existing resorts.
Usually people express admiration, impression, the beach is not visited much of what is 'owned' the beach. For example, common things like a quiet beach water conditions or large waves, the color of sea water, white sands, coral reefs as the home of thousands of marine biota, and so on. From all that, Nongsa Beach have other things and unique that not many have the majority of beaches in Indonesia, the views of the city of Singapore at night.
The beach is facing to the bar at sea, so you'll be treated to spectacular views at sunset when the twilight. At dusk, fading in the western horizon mega accompany the departure of the sun, while to the north you will see the sparkling lights of the building in Singapore began to replace the role of the sun's light. Singapore night featuring twinkling lights and the glow of thousands of city megapolitan a la New York's typical of Southeast Asia, where it appears residential buildings and office skyscrapers of today. This Moment never missed when visiting the beach Nongsa.
More than that, visit Nongsa Beach will feel natural because the environment is better maintained. For visitors who want to swim in sea water resiknya, as well as snorkeling underwater panorama witnessed, it is better to be more careful because in this place there is no coast guard yangmemantau tourists. Especially for parents who bring their children to play water.
Besides the beautiful beach and sea, and feel of the metropolis of Singapore which you can enjoy as much, you'll want to visit local communities in this region most of which are native Malays. Here, you can visit the settlements located along the coast in the Gulf Tering, namely Kampung Batu Besar and Kampung Nongsa. The majority of their livelihood as fishermen, many others work as traders in the area around the beach. Watch and follow their daily activities which may differ greatly from your regular life, certainly is a pleasant experience.
This area is more special because it is easy to reach tourist attractions other seeded in Riau Islands Province, such as the Beach and Beach Sekilak Maimun also no less beautiful with Nongsa Beach, Penyengat Island, Ling Island, Bridge Barelang, Vietnamese Refugee Camp in Pulau Galang, as well as central shopping-center in Batam, such as the Nagoya area which only takes 20 memt travel.
Beach tourist area is located in the Village Sambu, District East Batam, Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
To get Nongsa Beach, tourists can use a taxi that 'roam' around the city of Batam. By taxi, tourists took more or less 40 minutes with rates Rp75.000, - from the center of Batam (November 2008).
When the Hang Nadim Airport, Batam, will take approximately 25 minutes by car or motorbike rental. To get to the beach Nongsa of this airport, visitors are advised via Jalan Hang Tuah to the east, to meet fork in the road. Then turn left (north), passing Jalan Hang Jebat reached the fork in the road. At this intersection, visitors should turn left for the second time and passed Jalan Hang Lekiu Nongsa directly to the beach and takes about 10 to 15 minutes. It would be better to ask for directions and run on local people not to get lost. Because, it is possible directions and road around the coast will feel confusing for first time visit.
In addition, for the tourists who had been in Singapore, can use the ferry from the port of Tanah Merah, Singapore. This ferry will dock at Nongsa Ferry Terminal (ferry port Nongsd).
Interest in coastal tourism here will only be charged a fee of Rp 5,000, - especially for Sunday. In addition to Sundays, visitors do not need to pay entry fees (November 2008).
Nongsa Beach deliberately been prepared by the Government of the Batam Authority as the representative tourist area for those who visit it. Therefore, you'll have no trouble finding hotels with a variety of classes, centers, golf courses, an international-class resorts, water sports rentals perlengakapan, ease of access to public transportation (taxi), hospitals, ATMs (automatic teller machines), toilets, and other forth.
Also, do not ever miss eating sea foods of the Riau Islands at seafood restaurants in Batu Besar, Nongsa. Restaurant in Batu Besar, it will usually be a reference Nongsa tourists who visit the beach. So is the existence of shops that peddle young coconuts and other refreshments.
Tourism activities you will be more complete when it stopped at craft centers around Nongsa Beach. Here, a variety of Malay Riau Islands souvenirs can be bought for personal, family, or colleagues.