Weh Island

This beautiful small island located off the northern coast of Banda Aceh. Sabang on Weh Island or there is often also called the island of Sabang which has some of the beautiful beaches dotted with palm waving.

In addition, this island has a dive and snorkeling sites are attractive and also forest areas located in the center of the island. Smooth island ring road has been built on this island that allows tourists to visit tourist sites of nature with all its beauty and uniqueness.

Most of the population of Pulau Weh, amounting to 24,000 people living in the city of Sabang which is the largest city on the island. In the past, been a haven Sabang large ships and a coal depot and source of water for steam ship across the region, but after the emergence of diesel engines after World War 2 the role of coal as an energy source for ships becoming obsolete and Sabang become a deserted city.

In the 1970s, the government established as one of Sabang port duty-free (free trade zone) in Indonesia and this could open activities at Sabang to bloom again. But in 1986 the status of duty-free port of Sabang as eliminated and this city back into the city fishermen. The only economic activity, other than fishing (fishermen); contained in Pulau Weh is to craft furniture from rattan