The Ramadhan June/July in Batam 2016
In conjunction with the Indonesia's public holiday 2016 link below :
https://sammyboyforum.com/showpo...postcount=1127
1st day Ramadhan falls on 6th June 2016.
Middle of Ramadhan falls on 20th June 2016.
End of Ramadhan falls on 5th July 2016
Hari Raya Falls on 6th July 2016.
Some articles,FRs and information on Ramadan from the old threads :
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Indonesians angered over hard-line Ramadan raids
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Police check
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Police check 2nd part
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FR by Blackpage in 2013 on Ramadan part 1
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FR by Blackpage in 2013 on Ramadan part 2
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FR by Blackpage in 2013 on Ramadan part 3
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advise on Ramadan in Batam
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past experience on Ramadan
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past experience on Ramadan part 2
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another FR during Ramadan
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Ramadan questions
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my own views on Ramadan
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Ramadan Food picking 1 ,
Ramadan Food picking 2
The old Batam thread is now almost impossible to search anymore due to some reasons.Took me a while to look back and link up both threads to get the information. Anyway,above links were what i found useful from the older thread regarding Ramadan which i will be using as reference for Ramadan 2016.
As for myself,if i wish to go to Batam on this Ramadan,i will avoid :
6th,7th and 8th of June (1st 3 days).
19th,20th and 21st of June (mid 3 days) and lastly the end of Ramadan which is on 4th,5th and 6th of July. After 6th July,Ramadan is officially over.But for July,i will however try not go on 7th July onward till 14th July 2016. After 15th July,everything should be back to normal in Batam.
Through reading the old thread over the years in the old thread and being in Ramadan in one of the year,my observation is that the girls will gradually become lesser by the weeks towards end of Ramadan. Example 1st week,80% to 90% left,2nd week 70% to 80% left etc,until it eventually reach 50% at the end of Ramadan (note : some girls dont go back hometown during Ramadan but most do).
And as much as there are less girls,there were even lesser tourists,so some may find that there are more girls during this period of time. The effect is like supply and demand,supply less...demand even lesser. Less girls,but even lesser tourists. Why lesser tourists? My guess is most tourists understands that Ramadan month until towards Hari Raya,every Indonesia Muslim would love to spend their time with their immediate family (not at work). Its part of their culture. So if they are going out of their hometown to work in the major cities of Indonesia,they will wish to return during this period.
Just my observation and personal perspectives.
More read up on Ramadan :
https://sammyboyforum.com/showthread...5#post14689885