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Welcome to the North Sumatra special thread. Here are the posts to discuss all about North Sumatra and all the particulars inside.

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The 1998 data showed that the number of hotels in all regions of North Sumatra totaled 55 hotels, comprised of 1 star hotels totaling 19 units, 2 star hotel of 20 units, 3 star hotels totaling 8 units and 4 star hotels totaling 8 units. There are only 4 star hotel in Medan, Dairi, and Asahan. 3 star hotel located in the High Cliff, Siantar, Asahan, and Nias. Number of hotel rooms for 1 star hotels around 929 rooms; 2 star rooms totaling 1157; 3 star hotels totaling 875 rooms, and 4-star hotel room numbered 1293.

North Sumatra region has a wealth of diverse cultures in the form of customs, traditional arts, and local languages​​. Community consists of several tribes, such as Malay, Nias, Toba Batak, Pakpak, Karo, Simalungun, Central Tapanuli, South Tapanuli (includes Sipirok, Angkola, Padang Alternating, and Mandailing); as well as migrants like Minang, Javanese and Acehnese who brought culture customs as well as its own. This area has good potential in the tourism sector, both natural tourism, culture, and history.

Foreign tourists who come to the Polonia Airport in 1998 by country of origin is as follows: from Asia amounted to 47,776 men, consisting of 1192 men of Japanese tourists, South Korea 523 people, Taiwan 2251 people, 552 were Thailand, Singapore 6049 people, Malaysia 35 639 people, Pakistan and India as well as 775 people. While tourists from Australia 961 people, 199 people of New Zealand, the United States of 1492 people, 505 people of Canada, the United Kingdom 1865, the Netherlands 3621, Germany 1469 people, and from other European countries in quantities of more than 2000 people.

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The Beauty of Medan City Video



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBCsfxUCtE

Video by: matiaskimirai