Tawau Yacth Club

View from the sea

Side View

Tawau Yacht Club is one of the tourism centers in tawau. Located about 3 KM from the city tawau and are by the sea. Tawau Yacht Club is always on the visit by tourists from overseas countries including china, korea and European countries. This place is also easy dikunjingi by tourists due to its proximity to the city tawau. tourists like Tawau Yacht Club for a very interesting scenery. especially the soul rises and panoramic view at dusk of sunset.

View at dusk of sunset

Morning View

Tawau Drag : Motorsport Carnival

  

MR. Ringgo Cym

Such Motor sports carnival is organized by those who have registered, Mr. Ringo Cwm. He organized a carnival to spend their time is wasted and could strengthen ties. Many of the activities carried out, antranya various categories of drag racing, motocross performances, four wheel, etc. Autoshow.

Drag Racing

Motorcross Tawau

Four Wheel

This carnival is also able to attract more and more tourists from home and abroad as well be an annual event in the area tawau. here are able to see various forms of cars in modified suda, motorsital and others. Carnival can avoid rejama than wasting time with useless activities like a fix, hang, disturbing public order and so on..  

International Tawau Cultural Festival

International Tawau Cultural Festival was held on February 11, 2012 the last. The annual Carnival was two years old this is a Tawau identity created to showcase the diversity of people who are in Tawau Sabah in particular and in general. In addition, the festival is also capable of indirectly promoting international Tawau district.

  

There are several ethnic groups that have taken part in international cultural festivals this tawau. Among them are ethnic Bugis, Bajau, mysticism, Tidung, Java, murut, Kadazan Dusun, china, india and many other personalities from within and outside the country.

Ethnic Bugis

Ethnic Murut 

Ethnic Mysticism , Ethnic Tidung , Ethnic Penan

Types Of Food In Tawau 

Food in the building also nothing special and probably difficult to obtain elsewhere. For example, Yellow Rice that is the official breakfast of the Malays in Tawau as Nasi Lemak which is a popular breakfast food in Peninsular Malaysia. In addition, here are also Amplang and snack crackers which is a special Belinju in Tawau which typically become souvenirs to bring back to those who come to visit Tawau. Actually there are many other delicacies that can be obtained Tawau who want to try to get it for. Tawau Malay tradition food like satay, grilled fish, grilled chicken wings, pecal (hodgepodge), soto row, cendol and a variety of cakes like cake Bright Moon (unleavened back), penyaram, muffins, banana diamond and pais, pais UPI and so on. Indonesian food taste is also very easily available in Tawau. Meatballs, rice lalap (side dish) and murtabak Java, all waiting to be enjoyed.

Yellow Rice

Cracker Amplang

Cracker Belinju

Moonlit Cake

Martabak Jawa

Hanging Market Tawau

Front View

Side View

In View

In Tawau, visitors from outside will not be satisfied with the return if not bring back souvenirs. Tawau Central Market, better known as Hang Market is the option to obtain goods, jewelry and handicraft items either from pearl jewelry or crafts from shellfish from Semporna or even various other items of rattan, teak, bamboo, beautiful unique and handmade from the Philippines and Indonesia. Everything can be found here at cheap prices-cheap and attractive.

Tawau Centre Market

Tawau cape Market located in the heart of tawau . Tawau cape market there are many different types of food, groceries and vegetables. Salted fish can also be obtained at the market this cape. Tawau cape is the central market to buy food and groceries for the house. It is also a tourist center for tourists from outside and within the state . 

Front View

Side View

Its construction began in 1995 at a cost of Rs 25 million, it was completed in June 1999 before use in October 1999. This three-storey market built by the Tawau Municipal Council (MPT) and can accommodate 6,000 booths in it and fitted a surau and toilets. It is a major construction project in Tawau in 1999 since 1980 an.Nama "Cape" taken in conjunction with the market position is located in the Sri Tanjung in Tawau.

 Bukit Gemuk Tawau

Tawau also has many other benefits such as natural forest that is the category of the oldest forests in the world. Maliau Basin and Danum Valley has been recognized as a very valuable forests in the world. In Tawau presence obese Forest Hill so beautiful scenery when viewed from a distance. Similarly Tawau Hills National Park, also known as The Resort 'Table'. This place serves the citizens visit Tawau who want peace with jungle greenery and peace rushing waterfalls and rapids views. Tawau Hills Park is also provided hotel and chalets at affordable prices for visitors who want to stay here. Additionally, she also provided an area for those who like to hold camping activities. According to the information management Tawau Hills Park, there is also a tree that is said to be the oldest is the highest in Southeast Asia near this resort park. This tree is of Tualang tree or in Sabah it is more commonly known as the Tree Outlines.  

Tawau Hills Park

Keistimewaan Tawau

            Tawau dubbed as "Earth Farmers" because most of its land face now is farmland. Previously during the early existence during the time of British rule Tawau before the era of independence, Tawau area filled with oil (copra), rubber and manila hemp (abaca), now face Tawau has changed the face of the palm trees that stretches when viewed from on the earth, and to a lesser extent still planted with cocoa which had also previously been Tawau identity. Most of the oil palm plantations are owned Sime Darby Corporation, Sabah Softwood Sdn Bhd and Borneo Samudera (Palm) Limited.

In addition, the building also can be said to be "Illegal Heaven" because this is where hundreds of thousands of Indonesians and Filipinos, largely in Malaysia come to work legally and use the passport to seek legitimate and promise a better income than in their country. Their presence is controlled but their existence with too many and extraordinary provide an interesting phenomenon and the identity of the town of Tawau are very proud of. In Tawau, you can see anywhere, Indonesians and Filipinos are up and running free as long as the local people have valid travel documents.

Welcome to tawau district. Tawau is the third largest district in Sabah. Tawau district there are a number of tribes. Among them are the Bugis, Bajau, mysticism and so on.

Tawau History is not clearly known, particularly before the 1890s. However Tawau already populated with a small fishing village with 200 inhabitants, most of whom Τidung Malay descent and mysticism before the year 1890 (before the earliest settlements there Tidung Muslim Malay community in the Sultanate under the auspices of Kalabakan Bolongan-Tarakan and Bajau community placement Semporna). At that time Tawau is under control of the Sultan of Sulu. In the signing of an agreement on January 22, 1878, to submit the Sultanate of Sulu in Tawau environment that exists today to the British.

Tawau became part of the British colony of people through the Company (Chartered) British North Borneo (SBUB). According to records The North Borneo Annual Volume (1955-1965) state administrative system began in 1898, following the steps of the SBUB open a placement in Tawau and thus provide the basics of local government there.

To avoid any misunderstandings with the Dutch who ruled at the time Kalimantan (Tawau shared border between the Dutch colony of British colony), the British government has taken steps to fix the border. This is due to the original boundaries of the area was handed over to the British by both the Sultan of Brunei and the Sultan of Sulu is under Sibuco River near Tarakan (Indonesia), which includes the area under Dutch rule when it was already occupying the area said. As a result of the Boundary Commission was established in 1912 consisting of officials from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. (History of Malaysia)

A Joint Report has been prepared together with maps and signed by the respective Commissioner in Tawau on February 17, 1913. Then according to the protocol between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, which was signed in London on 28 September 1915, the two governments confirmed the joint report and the map.

With the establishment of British rule in Tawau, has provided facilities such as hospitals, schools, police stations, houses, shops, Tawau port as well as the roads and villages built by the PWD, a government department whose employees are among Tawau locals.

Rights and privileges of the local community have been recognized by the British Government with the appointment of native chiefs to represent the local population in Tawau to express their needs and concerns of the people to the British government. Prior to that position was given to community leaders Sheikh Habib in 1912 while assigned to the office of Imam Imam minister in 1916. The office of the Chief Native title Orang Kaya Kaya (OKK) The British government appointed the first end of the 1920s was OKK Kee Abdullah, a Chinese Muslim. [2] while in 1937 to 1953, chief Abu Bakr (OKK Kee Abdullah's son) was appointed as the Chief Native. He is responsible for providing land titles officially legitimate local communities living in settlements around Tawau for affirmative locals as indigenous in Tawau district.

Establishment of the National Association of Malay Tawau (PKMT) in 1945, founded by Datuk Abu Bakar Titingan together other Malay leaders to champion the rights and interests of the Malays, the local Malay community united Tawau. The members of this association together with minister Tun Datu Harun through USNO, demanding independence for the state through Malaysia in 1963. While the establishment of the Islamic Society of Tawau Airport (PIT), which is chaired by Haji Abdul Karim Haji Drahman and assisted by Datuk Kassim Kamidin in 1956 has prompted the establishment of a guarantee integrity AGE spread of Islam throughout the state