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Objects in the Regional Tourism Manado (North Sulawesi)

Trips to the city of Manado is very exciting indeed. Many options for tourists and for the pro tour berekreasi ria. Of natural attractions such as the Bunaken marine park, beautiful beaches, where people's entertainment, shopping, to restaurants, in the city.

For tourists who like the beach as a natural recreational places are still in the city, the city of Manado, is the place. Pesona beautiful beach can be witnessed from Malalayang area until the area is to be Bolevard city.

Regions Malalayang has charm enough beautiful beaches. In the surrounding there are a number of cafes built by the beach. Cafes that offer a whole range of sea food dish with grilled fish as a main dish. Therefore, people call this fish Malalayang fuel.

Night, Goyang Lilah

Another area in the evening atmosphere Bolevard. Visitors can see the panorama of nature with the island of Manado Tua in the middle of the oceans. When the sun starts to slip western horizon, it is the Sunset can be clearly witnessed.

Along with the sun down, the area became crowded Bolevard by food vendors. They hold jualannya in a number of tents on the fringe of the beach.

Dishes that are available consist of; fried rice, meatball, gado-gado, tinutuan, and others. The price was relatively cheap. The visitors can choose according to taste of interest.

Regions Bolevard seems to have become a central jajanan "rocking the tongue" pemuas taste of food in the evening in the city of Manado. The atmosphere is similar Losari Beach in Makassar. The many visitors who come to that place, Rejeki bring food for the seller

Over the last two decades, tourism activities rapidly grown into one of the city's economy. Excellent tourism city of Manado and North Sulawesi is the Bunaken National Park, which is called by the people as one of the beautiful sea garden in the world. Location that is only about 8 km from the mainland city of Manado and is about  ½ s / d 2 hours cause the National Park is easily visited.

The object of prominent attractions in the city of Manado is Ban Hin kiong temple in the area of Center City that was built in the early 19th century, Museum of North Sulawesi, and the Monument (Monument) the Second World War.

In addition to objects have an interesting, one of the benefits of tourism of the city Manado is the strategic location to tourist objects in the hinterland, especially in Minahasa, which can be reached within 1 to 3 hours from the city of Manado. Objects, among other attractions, Vulcano Area in Tomohon, Village Agriwisata Rurukan-Tomohon, mountains and Lake Panorama Tondano, Pinabetengan Stone and the Waruga Sawangan.

Because of the large tourism potential in the tourism industry in the city of Manado has been increasingly growing and developing, among others, which is quite marked with the number of hotels and other supporting facilities. Until the end of the year 2001, there were 67 units of hotels / lodging, travel bureau 15 pieces, 223 pieces of restaurants and eating houses of different classes.

Thus, although quite unaffected by the economic crisis and the national situation that is less conducive, but tourism in the city of Manado still in progress. In 1998 foreign tourists visit are 34,509 people, 11,538 people a year in 2000 and increased slightly in 2001 to become 12.301Orang. Nusantara while tourists in 1998 amounted to 432,993 people, and then down into 279,014 people in 2000 and last in 2001 slightly increased to 291,037 people

Taman Laut Bunaken Manado Tua

On the Peninsula North Sulawesi, Indonesia is a group of five islands that make up the national marine park Bunaken Manado Tua. This park has land and 75,265 hectares of sea, which continues to grow and is protected by the government of North Sulawesi. This marine park inaugurated by marine ministry on 15 October 1991.

Bunaken have at least 40 dives a place rich in fish - tropical fish and coral reefs. More than 150 species from 58 genus in Bunaken beach. More than 3,000 species of fish swim in the "Golden triangle" Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Indonesia. Bunaken is biologically and strategically located in the "triangle" is.

In the North Sea is located Bunaken Sulawesi who have a depth exceeding 19,800 feet. Bunaken located not far from Manado, approximately 5000 feet (15 minutes from Manado Beach).

Watu PINAWETENGAN
Megalit other type of interest, which is located in Minahasa bergores stone that is found in District Tompaso. By the local stone is called the bergores Watu pinawetengan. This stone is a large natural stone bongkahan, so the shape is not uniform. Bongkahan on the stone there is a scratch-scratching variety of patterns made by human hands. Scratch-scratching is a form of human image, like male genitalia, female genitalia describe, motifs and lines and patterns that are not clear meaning. Experts suspect that the sketch-sketch is a symbol associated with the belief that support community cultural megalit, namely belief in the spirit of the ancestors (fathers) who have considered the strength of its magical set and determine the life of man in the world. Therefore, humans must do rites of worship to obtain a specific safety or to obtain what is expected (such as the success of the harvest, reject or evict marabahaya disease) by using large stones as they worship. The local community trust that the stone was the place where the leaders bermusyawarahnya community leaders and descendants of the original Minahasa Toar-Lumimuut (the ancestor of Minahasa people) at the past, in order to divide the region into six groups of ethnic tribes who belong to the people in groups Minahasa ethnicity. To this bergores stone that is found in Minahasa, Watu pinawetengan new, there are Kawangkoan work in the area but the findings can be considered as a quite important and can be included as historical monuments, especially the cultural history of Minahasa.