Melaka had achieved fame when Singapore was merely a fishing village and Penang was prominent for its oysters. Melaka was founded in the early 15th centuries and it flourished with its political as well as cultural life thereby defining what Malay means.
The town became opulent by trading spices from the Indonesian archipelago and textiles from Gujarat. The taxes on the imported goods transformed it to become one of the richest kingdoms in the world. It slowly expanded its territory and included Singapore and the other parts of Sumatra.
Melaka airport is a small airport with limited flights to Melaka. Owing to this last minute flights to Melaka or availing cheap flights to Melaka or even the lowest airfares to Melaka frequently is highly impossible.
The legacies of Melakas past are found in the city. This constitutes as the main attraction to the tourists. Some of the interesting sight seeing places is the ancestral homes of Baba-Nonya. This community evolved in the sixteenth century when Chinese merchants settled here and got married to Malay women. |