Kepulauan Riau has a big interesting, mainly for shopping tourism in Indonesia. Batam indeed, offers fascinating shopping tourism, not just an ordinary shopping, but hunting for branded stuff with cheap prices.
There are so many things you can buy in Batam. Starts from hand bags, clothings and the most wanted are electronic gadgets. The given price also variated in every shop, depend on the brand, quality and surely your bargaining skill.
But be careful, not all that things are original, there are also pirated spread out in Batam. So, keep your eyes on.
Today, Batam have been the most busy city in Indonesia because of its growing industries. That are stated in the official site of tourism in Indonesia, Wednesday (30/05/2012). So many foreigners visit this place to satisfy their shopping desire.
The most visiting tourists are from Singapore. In addition to the price factors (which are cheaper than Singapore), the location also become a main factor to attract the Singaporean.
Not only shopping, Batam also offering another interesting activity like sport. Batam have built 6 golf courses which are ready for golf-lovers.
For you who love to sailing with a cruise ship, Batam have Nongsa Point Marina, a cruise ship facility servings. Sailing and diving and exploring the islands in Riau.
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| Barelang bridges |
The right time to visit Batam is in weekend. You can spend you weekend with eat various seafood servings, continue with down along the bridges in Batam.
Yes, Batam connected with 6 huge bridges, well-known as Barelang bridges. It connecting to Rempang and Galang in the southern of Batam.
In Galang, tourist usually see the remains of refugee camp of Vietnam which now become a museum for Vietnamese. This camp tell a story, how the struggle the peoples of Vietnam to aviod the brutality by little boats.
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