Makassar City

Makassar has the area of 175.77 km2, having a beautiful city space since it is located at the edge of coastal area. Each visitor will be impressed by Losari Beach, as weather in this area is sunny everyday to enjoy beautiful sunset.

Even though the average temperature in this city 22 to 23⁰C, this city is cool since it’s location is facing to coast with the wind blowing continually. Besides, the trees growing in the centre of the city make it save, cool, neat, and beautiful although big and tall buildings could be found easy where.

Makassar city has a population of 1.200.000 people, majority of them are Makassarese and Buginese. However, they could leave in peace with other ethnic groups such as Mandarese, Torajanese, Javanese, Ambonese, Bataknese, Malay people, Chinese, Indian, Arabic and others. They do their activities together to from their lines in the city without being influenced by the diversity of their tribes, nations, and religions. They friendly welcome they visitors who are very different from them.

Tourism Place

Makassar city is an old city of Indonesia where various tourism objects of history and culture (Rotterdam and Somba Opu forts)) have been being developed. It has also been developed maritime tourism objects (Losari Beach and other beaches and islands), due to the fact that city was situated at the edge of Makassar Strait.

• The fort of Rotterdam

• The fort of Somba Opu

• Kayangan and samalona island

• Losari beach

• Samalona island

• Harbour of Phinisi ship "paotere"

Transportation 

If you want to travel around the city, you can easily get becak (tricycle), pete-pete (public transportation), and taxi, similiarly travelling outside the city, you can easily get bus, ship, and air plane.

• Becak (tricycle / Local transportation)
• Taxi
• Pete-pete (public ransportation)  

Shopping Centre

All things we daily need such as, food, clothes and tools can be found at the market. In Makassar, the amount of traditional and modern markets with Makassarese traditional food traditional food sellers, such as ikan bakar (roasted fish), pisang epe (pressed banana), fried noodle, etc

• Mall Ratu Indah (MaRI)
• Mall Panakukang (MP)
• Global Trade Centre (GTC)
• Makassar Mall (Sentral)
• Karebosi Link
• Makassar Trade Centre (MTC)
• Makassar Town Square (MToS)

Religious People

Most of Makassarese people are strong-Moeslem. The other ones are Christian, Buddhist, and Khonghucu. They are neighboring, tolerating and respecting among the others.

City

In 2012 Makassar city in celebrated it’s 405 years-old. This has been intensively developing in the last ten years. Facilities and monumental building as the city icons are attractively standing.

• Mandala tower, monument of Irian Jaya freedom
• The gate of Tanjung Bunga
• Monument Wellcome
• Celebes Convention Centre

Arts and Culture

Makassar ethnic group mostly settles at this city, even though there are many Buginese people and othere ethnics group. Arts and cultural events that can be performed of a certain time

• Traditional attraction of Raga Ball (Tari pa’raga)
• Magic Dancing, pepe’-pepeka ri makka
• Bissu’, Ritual dancing “Ma’rigi’