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Desaru (The Village of Casuarinas) is a 25km stretch of
sandy beach lined with casuarina trees. It lies in the southeastern
corner of Johor, approximately 98km northeast of Johor Bahru.
Desaru was developed as a tourist resort by the Johor Tenggara
Development Authority (KEJORA). The resort has several hotels,
beach chalets, an 18-hole international standard golf course
and sports facilities for tennis, canoeing, swimming, boating,
snorkelling, water skiing, caramaran sailing, jungle trekking
and fishing.
One place visitors should not miss is the
Fishermen's Museum located at the Tanjung Balau fishing
village. Visitors can view the museum's impressive collection
of fishing traps, tackles and floats on display as well
as an exhibition on the folklore of fishermen.
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