Tourism
Background of the Location
Malacca, the destination of the trip, is one of the states in Malaysia. It is the second smallest state after Perlis state in Malaysia. Malacca covered an area of 1650 sq km which only takes a percentage of 1.3% of the whole Malaysia. Malacca can be divided into three parts which included the Central, Alor Gajah and Jasin. From the 13th century to the 14th century, Malacca has been one of the world greatest trading cities and it has been developed for more than 500 years in trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca which made Malacca state a historical city in Straits of Melaka. Before the independency of Malaysia, Malacca used to be ruled by the Portuguese and the Dutch, which is the reason why it can be a historical city today with both tangible and intangible multicultural heritage elements. These elements were included the influences of other Asia and Europe countries which have ruled Malaysia in the past. The Malacca today has many different ethnics living in it, they include the Malay, Chinese, Indian, European and the others. With all these historical elements of Malacca, buildings and culture, Malacca has a huge achievement in year 2008 – Malacca has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site together of Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. The declaration has brought a big impact to Malacca in term of tourism where the tourist flow into Malacca has been increased. The tourism attractions of Malacca included Al Azim Mosque, Portuguese Square, A'Famosa Water World, Crocodile Farm, St Paul’s Church, Poh San Teng Remple and Perigi Rajah Well and more.
(http://www.malaccaguide.com)
Malacca, the destination of the trip, is one of the states in Malaysia. It is the second smallest state after Perlis state in Malaysia. Malacca covered an area of 1650 sq km which only takes a percentage of 1.3% of the whole Malaysia. Malacca can be divided into three parts which included the Central, Alor Gajah and Jasin. From the 13th century to the 14th century, Malacca has been one of the world greatest trading cities and it has been developed for more than 500 years in trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca which made Malacca state a historical city in Straits of Melaka. Before the independency of Malaysia, Malacca used to be ruled by the Portuguese and the Dutch, which is the reason why it can be a historical city today with both tangible and intangible multicultural heritage elements. These elements were included the influences of other Asia and Europe countries which have ruled Malaysia in the past. The Malacca today has many different ethnics living in it, they include the Malay, Chinese, Indian, European and the others. With all these historical elements of Malacca, buildings and culture, Malacca has a huge achievement in year 2008 – Malacca has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site together of Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. The declaration has brought a big impact to Malacca in term of tourism where the tourist flow into Malacca has been increased. The tourism attractions of Malacca included Al Azim Mosque, Portuguese Square, A'Famosa Water World, Crocodile Farm, St Paul’s Church, Poh San Teng Remple and Perigi Rajah Well and more.
(http://www.malaccaguide.com)