Pagoda Singkep as tourist information center at Lingga

Efforts to introduce tourism potential in the Lingga Regency, Riau Islands province, has been proclaimed. Local government has commissioned a Recreation Park Pagoda, located at Bukit Timah, Dabo Singkep, Lingga Regency, as Tourist Information Center.

Tourist Information Center Lingga is expected to provide the best service to the tourists who need information about tourist areas in the Lingga Regency, so that people and tourists from home and abroad will be pleased to come to the Lingga.

Tourist Information Center Lingga is also equipped with supporting facilities including internet access is provided free of charge for visitors who want to surf in cyberspace. According to the plan as well, in this location will be constructed stalls to introduce the creation and Malay cultural trinkets, like batik, typical dishes and snacks Lingga, and various results from the creativity of artists and humanists of the Lingga.

For information, the pagoda is an octagonal building with a conical roof shape and surrounded by ponds. The building was built by Unit Penambangan Timah Singkep (UPTS) as a place of recreation. This building was abandoned many years, but now the government has done remodeling this place. A fairly high art of architecture represents a community-owned luxury Singkep the first time.

With maketh as tourist information center, hopefully in the future to attract more tourists to visit the Lingga.

Berhala island will be a tourist destination in the Lingga

Berhala island is a small island, a beautiful and captivating landscape phenomenon. The island is surrounded by a bluish sea and clear, gently sloping beaches, most of the white quartz sand and some rocky. The island is very suitable for nautical tourism.

This island is located in Singkep Sub District of Lingga Regency, Riau Islands province, Indonesia. Berhala island is planned to be used as a tourist area.

If there are no obstacles, the Government of Riau Islands province, through the Government of Lingga Regency, plans to set up Berhala island as a tourist destination, and will build a turtle cultivation on the island.

Fortress Hill Cening in Daik

Daik during the first as the center of the kingdom of Riau - Lingga, would require strict guard. The existence of the fort was intended to keep Daik as the center of the kingdom of Riau - Lingga from possible enemy attack. Given that the waters of the Malacca Strait had always crowded and traffic is an area of international trade. History at that time also showed that this region has occurred several times a great battle in the fight over territory.

To keep the various possibilities in battle, in Daik Lingga and the surrounding established a solid bulwark with panoply according to the circumstances of his day. One is the stronghold of Bukit Cening.

Fortress measuring 32 m X 30 m is located at Bukit Cening Kampung Seranggung, Built during the reign of Sultan Mahmud Syah III (1761-1812). Inside the fort there are 19 pieces cannon, two of which were labeled with the number 1783 and 1797 as well as VOC. Longest cannon-sized 2.80 m and diameter 12 cm, also called the Meriam Tupai Beradu flanked either side by Meriam Mahkota Raja. (http://www.pariwisatalingga.com)

Dungun Beach in Daik

Dungun beach is located in Teluk Village, North Lingga, Lingga District. And on the Beach Dungun was once found a rare marine animals, in a few years ago. Rare sea creatures were discovered by the local community in the stranded dead on January 13, 2005.

Local people know it's rare sea animals as sea elephants. The entire skeleton of this rare sea animals are collected and then submitted to the Mini Museum Linggam Cahaya.

Of note the Mini Museum Linggam Cahaya is revealed, the length of rare marine animals from the base of the tail until the head reaches 12.40 meters, the length of the base of the tail until the tail end of 1.80 meters, 2.40 meters long tusk, 10 inches thick skin, fin length below 78 cm, and width of the fins under 47 cm.