Foreign Tourists's Paradise in Karimun

Pelawan Beach in Pangke

As the islands are composed of nearly 200 small and big islands, Karimun regency, Riau Islands Province has a very long coastline. Charm and beauty of the beaches are very worthy of a paradise for tourists, not even from abroad.

Call it Pelawan Beach in Pangke Village, District Meral, Pongkar Beach in Pongkar Village, Tebing District. Two beaches are located on Karimun Besar Island is famous for local tourists visited and tourists from Singapore and Malaysia.

Pelawan beach which is about 17 kilometers from the center of U-shaped, has white sand with waves charming. Before him stretched the expanse of blue sea interspersed with small islands. The edge of the beach surrounded by trees whose leaves are always waving in the wind coastal breeze.

While the Pongkar Beach their area wider than Pelawan Beach, only fewer visitors than the Pelawan Beach.

Pongkar Beach is about 18 kilometers from the town of Tanjung Balai Karimun, in this coastal stretch of blue sea wider. At night, the twinkling lights of Singapore city vaguely visible in the distance. The view is often used for camping tourists while enjoying the evening breeze... have a fun ... ..

In addition to these two beaches, there is still Tulang Beach ini Tulang Island, Parit Beach in Parit Island and many more beaches of small islands spread their charm if managed properly.

Every item beach tourism is not managed optimally government. Facility mediocre infrastructure so that visitors who come are still dominated by residents of Singapore and Malaysia are on holiday at the weekend.

''If the clean water facilities, public baths and supported by well-managed resort. I believe Pelawan or Pongkar Beach became a tourist destination abroad,'' said Chairman of the Non-Governmental Organizations ''Kiprah'', John Saputra.

John says, relaxing at the beach cottage Plaintiff should be more enhanced, weather-damaged parts must be repaired. While the path that has been damaged should be paved over.

Apart from these beaches, there are a beach that has a hidden charm and rarely exposed in the media. The beach is a beach on the island Telunas Sugie, District Moro. Telunas Beach was more fascinating and there already stood a cottage that reportedly built by an American tourist.

Beach Telunas also turned out to be managed by a company of PT Islands Connection International (ICI), which has sites on the Internet specifically to promote the beach with www.telunasbeach.com address.

Department of Tourism, Arts and Cultural District Karimun states, Telunas Beach many tourists visited the U.S. and Europe.

But the number of visitors is very little because his promotion was not as extensive as the beaches in other tourist areas.

Visitors from the two continents that are usually visited by in groups, between 10 to 20 people. They stayed in Tanjung Balai Karimun and then spend the night on the beach.

Tourist arrivals to the beach in 2009, there were 101,175 people.