Ancient Cemetery

This is an old cemetery located near a house. A few more were seen beside Makam Laksamana Bentan.

Places To Stay In Kota Tinggi

Mayres Hotel Sdn. Bhd
8th Floor, Menara Kota, No 29,
Jalan Tun Habab, 81900 Kota Tinggi,
Johor.
www.mayres.com.my

Grand Waterlilies Hotel
40-42 Jalan Niaga 2,
81900 Kota Tinggi,
Johor
grand.waterlilies.hotel@gmail.com

Nasha Hotel
No 40 Jalan Tambatan,
81900 Kota Tinggi,
Johor.

Tourism in Kota Tinggi

God creation was so undoubtly beautiful. Kota Tinggi has a lot to offer to visitors. Much of its natural beauty is untouched by human hands by decades of years. Thus it welcomed for those who treasure ancient historical and preserved history land. A few places we found out to be the eye of attraction to Kota Tinggi. Such places are Fireflies sightseeing along Johor River, Bazar Kota (City Market) ;where one can find local textiles, food and handicraft, Royal Johor Sultanate Tombs and ancient cemeteries belongs to people that opened Kota Tinggi, Recreational park and Waterfall, Fruit Farm, and a whole lot more. In the case of studies, our group has chosen a few places to focus on; Fireflies sightseeing, Bazaar Kota, historical tombs and cemeteries and also National Museum of Kota Tinggi. The fact that Kota Tinggi was so nearby Singapore, we can expect to see a lot of Singaporeans visitors. Not to forget also there are locals too.

Places Background

1. Fireflies sightseeing.

Hot spot for fireflies breeding along Johor River, this place are run by local people. Visitors are brought to cruise along Johor River in pitch black night, watching dazzling exchange of lights among fireflies. The insects breed on a tree which was called Berembang Tree along Johor River. Visitors are mainly Singaporean with a little numbers of local people.

2. Bazar Kota

Located at the centre of the town, its place for shoppers to grab some clothing, merchandise, handcraft, and local cuisine. Much of the shop owners are not insiders, not surprisingly, there are few from Cambodia that migrate to Malaysia. Since its opening, it has attracted countless tourist and local during festive season; to buy clothes.

3. Royal Sultanate Tombs and ancient cemeteries.

There are 3 places that are known to be historical site and are linked to Johor Sultanate. Places that involve are Kampong Kelantan, Kampong Makam, and Kampong Tembiuh. Lay on the land in Kampong Kelantan were the tomb of Laksamana Bentan and his wife; who were killed by Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Dijulang (Sultan Mahmud Syah II).The tomb is to be found near the riverside of Johor River. Move to the next village is Kampong Tembiuh which is located 2km from the Kota Tinggi Town. Prominent Cik Siti Aminah was believed to have 99 husbands, where all of them died, and eventually the she found her happiness when she married for the 100^th time. Her tomb can be found also near Johor River side. Johor Sultanate tombs can be found 2km from the Kota Tinggi Town in Kampong Makam.

Kota Tinggi Town

Kota Tinggi is located on the east of Johor state in Malaysia with Kota 3488.7 sq.km land also population of 192,220. Almost 65% of Kota Tinggi is surrounded by sea water. It was an area where water flows into a river or in other word river basin. One of the most fast developed areas, Kota Tinggi faces some of cases of floods. From data that been recorded for the past 60 years, flooding was the common events happened between December and early January.Tidal effect was one of the culprit for these flooding. Monsoon period was when the storm hit South China Sea, and part of Johor might get some stormy rain. A number of places have been identify to have series of flooding. These areas including Bandar Kota Tinggi, Kg Sg Telur, Kg Tembiuh, Batu 1 Jalan Mawai, Taman Mawai, Kg Sg Berangan, Kg Semangar Dalam, Kg Semangar Luar, Kg Jawa, Kg Kelantan, Kg Sg Sembilang, Kg Sri Jaya, Kg Rantau Panjang, Kg Panti and Kg Batu Empat. The land around Kota Tinggi are rich in the soil, making it the land of agricultural and developed very rapidly in such a time. Johor River acts as the main drainage system Kota Tinggi and there are few small rivers that flow through the town. There are Sg Permadi, Sg Kemang, Sg Kg Kelantan, Sg Bang, Sg Tembiuh , Sg Damar.

For those who wanted to get to Desaru, one must pass by Kota Tinggi district. For now, visitors and tourist still used the road to Desaru, but after the new highway is built from Senai to Desaru, it saves time about half and the way is much more comfortable. Economy in Kota Tinggi mainly depends on the tourism industy and the secondary business like homemade handicraft and fish chips. The tourism industry developed thanks to the Desaru Beach where it is one of attractive place in Malaysia. It is also best to describe Kota Tinggi as tourism spot as it has many great ancient places such as Royal Tombs, Forttress and ancient history.

Heritage

There was a mausoleum of Laksamana Bentan (Admiral of Bentan), situated in Kampung Makam, Kota Tinggi. It has a mystical value and legend surrounds the site. One of the tourist attractions from all over the country and outsiders, this site has a story behind of its name.

This tale was making the Burial site an interesting place to visit at Kota Tinggi. People wanted to see the Admiral and are labeled as heritage site by Kota Tinggi state. Sadly, this heritage site was damage during huge floods in December 2006. This crippled the tourism industry at Kota Tinggi. Much of the mausoleum is flooded and much work to do after that to restore the site. The restoration work was done perfectly after few months the flood subsided. It not only froze the tourism industry for a while but it also brings damage to the heritage that would be lost if not been taken care of.

The landscape around the site has altered the scenery. Bricks and buildings are stained with flood water, whereby the flood water contained debris and sand. The site was one of the many places to be visited by tourist in Kota Tinggi. Although it has been dragged by floods, the site until now, have some visitors who want to explore the history of Johor.
Flood brings much more downside than any other catastrophe. It consumed a lot of cost and losses. The losses can be divided into three main categories:
1. Direct tangible losses (direct physical losses)
2. Indirect tangible losses (indirect physical losses)
3. Intangible losses (losses)
Lost of heritage value are categorize in Intangible losses, they cannot be readily quantified because market value is absent. Tourist visitors are also drop after post-flooding.