Riau

Riau is a province in Sumatra. It is located on the east coast of the island and is rich in oil.

Cities

🌍 Pekanbaru - the capital of the province.
🌍 Dumai - main port with connections to ports in Malaysia
🌍 Selatpanjang

Other destinations

🌍 Tesso Nilo National Park

Understand

In the last 25 years, 2/3 of the jungle that once covered Riau has disappeared. Some of it remains cleared land, but most of it has been converted into oil palm plantations and tree farms to feed the pulp industry.

The world's two largest pulp mills are in this province, and it has the highest rate of deforestation of any Indonesian province.

Still, tigers and elephants continue to hold on here; and efforts are being made to secure some kind of future for these and other wild animals.

Get in

By plane

The main airport of Riau province is Pekanbaru's Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU^IATA), with frequent flights from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta and Halim airports, as well as flighs from Surabaya, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and the major cities of Sumatra island. There are direct international flights from Malacca, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and Singapore Changi Airport.

Dumai's Pinang Kampai Airport (DUM^IATA) has a few weekly direct flights from Batam and Medan,

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