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Kuala Terengganu is the largest city as well as the
state and royal capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia. On 1 January 2008,
Kuala Terengganu was awarded city status and the city is
administered by Majlis Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu
(MBKT) after accorded a city status.
Main economic activities include retail and wholesale
trade in food items, fabric and apparels, fisheries, agriculture, service
industries, and tourism, particularly as a jumping-off point for the
nearby
Perhentian Islands.
The city is connected to other towns via a good network
of roads and also some ferries that ply the Terengganu River. The long
distance bus station has buses to all main Malaysian cities outside
Terengganu : Kuala Lumpur (7 hours),
Penang (7-8 hours),
Johor Bahru (9
hours), Kota Bharu (3 hours),
Malacca, Kuantan.
The local bus station has buses to most places in town and in Terengganu :
Merang (for
Redang Island),
Kuala
Besut (for the
Perhentian Islands),
Dungun, etc.
Transnasional also runs buses direct to
Singapore (10
hours to / from
Singapore).
Kuala Terengganu's
Sultan Mahmud Airport (TGG) currently receives flights from
Kuala
Lumpur provided by Malaysia Airlines and budget carrier AirAsia.
In season (March-October), there are two ferries a day
from the central Shahbandar Jetty direct to
Redang Island (75 min). These are
operated by and intended primarily for guests of the Berjaya Redang
Resort, but they'll take non-guests on board (for a price) if there's
space.
Most travellers to
Redang Island,
however, will go via the main jetty at Merang, 45 min north of Kuala
Terengganu.
Sources: Wikipedia
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