A. Brief Information There is no official note about when Coto Makassar or Coto Mangkasara was found and who invented and introduced it. Until today, people just know that this food is a special food of Makassar that is made by common people from Makassar tribe. In modern culinary, ...

A. Brief Information The equator monument was built to mark the zero point of the equator line crossing over Pontianak City. Historically, it was built by the Dutch geographer in 1928 to mark the imaginary line of equator. Formerly, the monument was just a simple obelisk on which a ...

A. Brief Information The zoo well known as Gembiraloka is the only zoo in Yogyakarta. Although it is a zoo, Gembiraloka is still categorized as a museum included in category of zoologicum museum or fauna museum and special museum. Seen from the historical perspective, Gembiraloka ...

Kuantan - The Pahang government will develop infrastructural facilities in selected areas along the Pahang River in a move to turn it into an important tourist attraction. State Tourism, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Datuk Shafik Fauzan Sharif said the government was actively ...

Jakarta - The United Nations World Tourism Organizations (UN-WTO) has predicted that global tourism growth will decline. "Because the global financial crisis is predicted to continue until 2009, the UN-WTO predicted the global tourism growth rate reach only 0 to 2 percent," an expert staff ...

Cilacap - Nusakambangan Island, off Cilacap, Central Java, is notorious as a dreaded prison island where hard-core prisoners are locked up. With some 1,000 inmates from across the country and abroad, and with 562 of them on death row, it deserves the image. The three Bali bombers Amrozi, ...

By: Hyginus Hardoyo Denpasar - Concerted efforts designed to revive Bali`s tourism industry, which had been devastated by two violent bomb attacks on the resort island in 2002 and 2005, have born fruit. The tourism industry in Bali -- an island which is known by many names, including ...

If care is not taken, George Town and Malacca can easily fall from the Unesco World Heritage Site list to World Heritage In Danger list. ANIS RAMLI wonders if the two cities are taking steps in the right directions. The lazy mid morning sun is already casting shadows on the wooden ...

By Liu Qi Cebu in the Philippines is a "killer" holiday destination always has been. Amazing history, scenery, culture, people, food and water sports. What more could you want for the perfect natural getaway, asks Liu Qi In the Philippines, you don‘t need to be a professional to sing ...

By: Syed Abdul Haris Syed Mustapa, Kamarul Syahri Kamal and Mohamad Zaki Zainul Abstract This research is a study on the rehabilitation of heritage building in Malaysia. This research intends to highlight the existing practice on rehabilitation projects in Malaysia with the main focus ...

By: Prasit Leepreecha“Once the pastime of adventurous outdoorsy types, trekking has become as de rigueur as going to the beach. The mountainous north of Thailand has been a melting pot of different cultures for centuries and a trek is a great way to experience its diversity. A few of the ...