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The Exotic Island of Bintan ( Riau )

Bintan Island Tours. Most of the island compared to other islands in the Riau Islands sprawling from Melaka to the South China Sea. Riau Islands has more than 3,000 islands of various sizes, from large to small. The Islands are scattered across to Malaysia (Johor Bahru) and Singapore. Well, Bintan island is the greatest there. Bintan island is on the southern peninsula Malaysia, located at the mouth of the Strait of Malacca. Bintan island was once thought to be the most popular layover spot by merchant ships of China and India to avoid a storm and fill supply. Don't get me wrong, the island is Bintan Island tours that keep pulling for you.


The Exotic Islands Of Indonesia Borders: Bintan Island Travel




Before it becomes as it is now, Bintan island has a long history of stories. In the 18th century, traders from different parts of the world to fight each other in competing for this exotic island, namely the Netherlands, Portuguese and United Kingdom. The island is part of the Malay peninsula was conquered by the Sultanate of Johor-Riau during those times. The Sultanate of Johor was occupied in turns and Bintan. As a result, traders from the Europeans finally put an end to his conflict with signing the Treaty of London in 1884. The agreement contains about granting the northern territory from Singapore on the United Kingdom, while his Singapore southern territories given to the Netherlands.

From there led to the separation of Indonesia and Singapore, where the Singapore Trade Centre became the nation of United Kingdom, while Bintan ultimately abandoned the Netherlands which inhabits Java and Jakarta when Indonesia occupied. It also then becomes the history of friendship between two different areas of the country. One manifestation of this is the friendship Treaty of free trade zone of Batam, Bintan and Batam Islands. The agreement contains an agreement regarding related parties in developing Bintan Islands together in order to benefit both countries.



On the island there are some broad things to Bintan island that you can try. One of them is the Bintan Resort, the most favorite tourist destinations on the island of Bintan. Bintan Resort is a tourist beach which is very spectacular and spellbinding and located in the northern part of the island.



How is not spectacular and spellbinding, it stretched so wide with a size of 23 m or 23,000 acres. Has white sand endless, you can trace this fine sand while looking at the views of the South China Sea from a distance. In addition, here you can also do a variety of activities such as surfing, walking in place of ecotourism, or enjoy a variety of international events are often held on the island.



Besides the Bintan Resort, you are also required to incorporate some of the tourist places that should be visited in Bintan as the Palace of the city plate that was on the island of gods, Biram Malay Dish, or second City landmark from the city of Tanjung Pinang, namely Gurindam Composition of Raja Ali Haji as well as Pencil Monument. Oh yes, don't forget to take the tour in the town of Tanjung Pinang on where you can see the life of the local community also visited a shrine already more than 300 years old in the region named Senggarang. In addition, squeeze to see some Buddhist temple that stood in Bintan.


Well, in addition to tours in Tanjung Pinang Bintan Island, you can cross from there about 15 minutes just to get to Stun, a small island. Formerly, a Taser is the seat of the Queen of the Kingdom of Riau-Johor and the origins of the native Malay language which became the forerunner of the Indonesia language. In a Taser also stands a mosque called the mosque of Sultan of Riau which becomes proof of the triumph of the Sultan of the Johor-Riau. There is also the tomb of the last Sultan of the Empire in Riau, while Sultan's descendants who still exist to this day resides in the Penyengat island.

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