JABAR EKSPRES —Kelong Apung Tourism in Bintan Island Ready to Welcome Tourists for Eid Holiday 2023
The manager of the Kelong Apung tourist spot in the waters of Bintan Regency, Riau Islands Province, is ready to welcome tourists during the Eid holiday 2023 season.
A manager of Bintan’s Kelong Apung Nemo, Karno said that he is currently busy cleaning up, starting from cleaning lodging rooms to maintaining snorkeling, diving and kayaking equipment for visitors to enjoy during Eid.
“We make sure the facilities at the Bintan Nemo Kelong Apung are safe and comfortable for visitors to use,” Karno said in Bintan on Saturday (15/4).
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He said that a week before Eid, many prospective visitors booked a vacation to Bintan Nemo’s Kelong Apung.
He predicts that visitors will start to be crowded on vacation on H+3 Eid, which is dominated by domestic tourists, such as Batam, Tanjungpinang or Bintan residents themselves who have long migrated outside the area, then returned to their hometowns on Eid al-Fitr.
“Because of the Eid atmosphere, local tourists are more dominant. On normal days, quite a lot of foreign tourists come to enjoy the charm of Bintan’s marine nature,” he said.
Meanwhile, Head of the Bintan Tourism and Culture Office, Arif Sumarsono, said that currently more than 30 fishermen in the area utilize Kelong Apung as a tourist attraction.
Kelong apung is a fishing tool used by traditional fishermen for generations that is built above the sea from the shoreline. The Kelong Apung is unique because it has a floor made of planks and wood, equipped with a kitchen and rooms.
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“Kelong apung with various facilities for tourists has actually existed since before the COVID-19 pandemic, but not many. Now the business is starting to be cultivated by dozens of fishermen as a promising new source of income,” he said in Bintan.
