Joy's Travel Notes About Batam
Country: Indonesia
Area: 45 km x 25 km
Population: About one million
Batam cities: Nagoya, Nongsapura, Batam Center, Sekupang, Jodoh, Telaga Punngur
Batam is the place where Indonesia’s economic planners test new policies and ideas.
Most tourists come from nearby Singapore.
Language: Behasa Indonesia, English, Dutch.
Currency: Rupiah (Rp)
Time zone: GMT/UTC + 08:00 hour
Electricity : 220–240 volts AC
Tipping: Not necessary, but becoming common in touristy restaurants, hotels, and to taxi drivers.
Foreign visitors to Batam in 2000 almost reached 1.2 million people. That's about 100,000 visitors monthly.
