Batam Travel Guide
Batam is one of the islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia, 415 km˛, with about 600,000 inhabitants, of whom about 85% are Malay and 14% are Chinese.
About 45 minutes by ferry from Singapore it has grown from a small village into one of Indonesia’s industrial centres at first at Batamindo, on 3.20 km˛, but now on more than 20 centres for 175,000 workers due to its proximity with Singapore and Johor. The principal town is Nagoya, named, during the Japanese occupation, after the city in Japan. Batam entertainment scene… a full-blown, low-cost playground on the front doorstep of Singapore with a burgeoning nightlife like the Thailand or Macau of yesteryear. It’s still a new, fresh, –raw and vibrant, frontier yet at the same time is captivatingly laid back, and welcoming. And the beautiful, smiling, welcoming Indonesian girls are judged by many of the Westerners who have visited, settled and often married here to be among the most gracious, charming and generous in the world.
If business and investment are your prime interests then you have found one of the fastest growing and most dynamic economic zones of South Asia – one where you will get the Red Carpet treatment from local authorities who understand your needs and concerns and want you here.
Should you simply want to set up a home here property is cheap, living costs are low and most of the services you need for a quality lifestyle are readily available. If you need more then Singapore is just an hour away across the Strait.
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