Bangka Belitung island is a province of South Sumatra new fraction. Now, Bangka Belitung people named their country with a fairly popular word, Serumpun International Affairs. Popularity of books and film Laskar Pelangi also has a great contribution in promoting Babel. So that Babel have a new name also Earth Laskar Pelangi.

Although the service has not been too many tours, schedule flights to the archipelago with the 7 district / city, and dense enough to reach 8 times each flight. At holidays, the feast of mainly Chinese descent, with island wide 81724.74 km2 1,000,177 and has a soul, the very busy visit. Moreover, from a population of Babel Islands, 30% more residents are descendants of Tionghoa. Like on the day-to-day memorial ceremony Cengben, most of Chinese origin people Babel will be back to the land of their birth.

They not only Chinese citizens who have Babel roam to different areas in Indonesia, but also pilgrims from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and China. As a country of islands, Babel has a very wide beach. Some beaches have been visited several times by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, the Minister, and central and regional officials, artist-artist capital even foreign countries such as Mike tramp vocalis White Lion, among others, Rice Beach, rebu Beach, Beach Parang Tenggiri (Hakok Beach), San Lochu Beach (Beach Tikus), and Tanjung Pesona Beach, including all coastal succulent with enough warm air.

In the coastal area of this, stand a number of cottages and lodgings, complete with restaurants, where the fishing, tourism and water such as boat speed and boat-fishing boat that can be rented. While some meters landward from the coast, remaining former tin-former extractive society. For the province of Babylon, known as the largest tin producer in Indonesia.



Not only that, almost in most of the coastal fringe, especially in places high enough, the tourist can also find a number of the temple ceremony. Architecture is diverse, there is a berornamen China, some are already adapting to the local jewelry. Attendance at the temple on the hill and this is in contrast to attract visitors. Addition of tin, Babel, also known as the largest fish, such as the beach Wednesday, the regional government there, especially Bangka Belitung Island is very responsive to this and always protect the assets of this very valuable.

In eating places, the traveler can enjoy red kakap, sauce, spicy crab, fish, yellow spice, grilled shrimp, oysters or soup plus fresh cah kangkung. Just a pity, because the travel services that have not been developed, not many souvenir offered in these places, some of whom have a very special island of Bangka and Belitung Island is the craft of tin with the design motif and a diverse, unique cloth cual Bangka (even Mrs. Ani Yudhoyono also really like the book and a special cloth Cual this typical Bangka Belitung ). In addition you can save the memories in the beautiful beach of Babel in the form of photos with the background scenery is captivating beaches.