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BP Batam, the airport operator, plans to expand and improve infrastructure with a massive project costing US$448 million. [18] The new terminal will be the second terminal of the airport. The existing terminal will be expanded from a capacity of 4 million passengers per year to 8 million passengers per year, with 6 jetbridges.
Batam, officially the City of Batam (Indonesian: Kota Batam, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang and Galang (collectively called Barelang ), as well as Bulang to the west and ...
The Riau Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Riau, Jawi: كڤولاوان رياو , Chinese: 廖內群島) is a province of Indonesia—not to be confused with neighbouring Riau Province from which the Riau Islands Province were separated in 2002.
Batam Harbour Bay Ferry Terminal is an international transport hub with shopping and restaurants in the center of Batam, Indonesia. [1] Located within Nagoya, Jodoh, it is 10 minutes drive away from Batam Nagoya city .
Batam Center Ferry Terminal is an international ferry terminal located in Teluk Tering, Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The terminal mostly serves international routes to Singapore and Malaysia . [ 3 ]
Rempang Island was originally uninhabited, and remained so until the end of the 20th century. [2] The Barelang Bridge was built by the Indonesian government from 1992 to 1998 [3] in an effort to develop the economic and business sector on the island which was thought as the continuation of business line to connect Rempang to the neighbouring islands of Batam and Galang.
Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat, of the Torajan people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan has a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of the Indonesia's Austronesian-based traditional architecture, tongkonan is built on piles. Its construction is a laborious task, and it is usually ...
A Rumah Gadang serves as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. In the matrilineal Minangkabau society, the Rumah Gadang is owned by the women of the family who live there; ownership is passed from mother to daughter. The houses have a dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tiered, upswept gables.