Welcome to Tawau, the land of eco-treasures.
Tawau changed so much for the last 10 years. Today its no longer a
clutch of old tin roofed shop houses but a bustling modern city-to-be.
The Tawau Division area covers
15,213 Squares
Kilometers consisting of four districts in
the south-eastern part of Sabah. These districts are :-
Tawau - 6,125 Sq. Km
Lahad
Datu - 6,500. Sq Km
Kunak
- 1,144 Sq. Km
Semporna
- 1,444 Sq. Km
Tawau
lies on the northeastern
shore of Cowie Harbor, which is an inlet of the Celebes Sea. Once notorious
for smuggling with the Philippines and neighboring Kalimantan, the town
is now the administrative and service centre for a developing agricultural
district of rubber, cocoa, oil palm, and seafoods.
Since 2000 Tawau
has an international airport, this sleepy town is sleepy no more...
Semporna is a quiet small town in Tawau Division with a population of
only 133,000 in 2006. Most Malaysian do not even know such a town, yet
Semporna is a well known name in the diving world of the western
countries....
Tawau has long been a good gateway to Indonesia.
Tawau has a consulate issuing visas. Emembassies are always in capital
city Kuala Lumpur.
Tawau is located in the south-east
coast of Sabah and the gateway to BIMP-EAGA, and hence is able to derive
tremendous amount of economic benefits. With a new airport, seaport and
good communication infrastructure, Tawau is now set to become Sabah's
fastest growing town after Kota Kinabalu.
Here you will witness businesses
growing, Industries and agriculture developing. The
largest township development in Sabah
is in Tawau's Bandar Sri Indah.
You also see cultural life of the
local people is enriching. Here you meet some of the friendliest, warmest people
in Malaysia - and join
in their
colorful festivals,
traditions and
believe that will take you back
centuries.
If you yearn for the exhilarating sense of adventure, Tawau
is a place for
jungle trekking, or
deep sea diving or you can of
course tee off in the best in Asia championship
golf course.
The "Lost World of Sabah"
is only 200km from Tawau. In this town you experience the wonders of
eco-treasures
in well preserved original tropical rain
forests. In January 2007, American scientists measured
The
world tallest tropical tree in Tawau. This giant tree together with
5 other giants hit the list of Top 30 tallest trees of the World, making
Tawau the home town of tallest trees in this planet.
Ecotourism
is travel with ethics...
More about Tawau Division -
including Tawau Town, Semporna, Kunak and Lahad Datu
Travel to Tawau :
http://wikitravel.org/en/Tawau
