Although not listed as a popular destination but the natural hot springs that also draw picnics and family leisure activities .
Heated pool is believed to be formed over hundreds of years and only found about five decades ago .
Besides being a family picnic spots , the hot springs were also visited for various purposes, including to perform the ritual of applying ' fulfillment of intention . '
Some rituals are often observed practice of throwing coins into the pond by visitors who believe the act could grant their wishes .
Ritual is currently not being done by the Chinese but also by other communities who wish the pool was able to meet their intent .
Whatever the purpose of their visit , Tawau Hot Springs is a synonym for the people of Sabah although they are not drawn on the chart preferences of visitors.
BE A SCIENTIFIC STUDY LOCATION
Natural ponds also receive a trip for visitors , including experts and researchers in archeology , science and minerals to study the uniqueness and the benefits to the environment and society .
The fee is RM10 for adults and RM5 for children , visitors can relax during the day for rest and soak the feet and the body 's natural hot water .
Tawau Hot Springs has not been popularized as another famous hot springs , but it is seen to potentially attract hundreds of visitors especially when the holiday festivities.
For example , last Christmas holidays and school holidays recently saw the pool was the focus of hundreds of visitors.
Swimming can be a unique tourist attractions in Tawau tourism industry if it promoted its own uniqueness .
START WITH POND IDLE
About 50 years ago, the hot springs are only an abandoned and scientific studies show hot water containing sulfur (sulfur) that result from seismic activity underground .
Hot steam and gas seeping up past Igneous rock layers ( crystalline rock ) in the earth , and upon reaching the earth's surface to form hot springs .
Sabah is said to have 21 hot springs with temperatures between 29 and 75 degrees Celsius .
There once was among the visitors who brought supplies to poach eggs in the pond and it will take no more than 10 minutes to cook the eggs .
However, the practice of boiling eggs in the pond is no longer allowed by those managing the ponds on the grounds that it was to ensure uncontaminated natural state .
ACTIVITIES CAN BE DONE
The visitors are only allowed to soak the feet and other limbs to clean and treat the skin.
A local visitor , Albert Chin , 56 , said the developer and the management company should look at the potential pool uniqueness of various aspects of this pool .
" In the old days , the pool is visited not only because of the uniqueness of the water is always warm but they can boil an egg at a picnic , " he said.
He said that if the practice of boiling or soaking the eggs are still allowed, it will continue to record an increase in traffic of visitors .
This pool should not just rely on visitors who come just to soak the feet but to diversify its activities , including the activities allow boiling an egg.
POND START CHANGING FACES
Realizing the potential and importance, the Rekobumi Sdn Bhd which has the responsibility to manage the pool for the last three years has changed the face of the pond .
Puddles of water scattered , the hot springs it now looks more organized in line with its position as the new location of tourist attractions.
Director, Datuk Soon Ten Fook told Bernama , efforts to develop the pool and its surroundings will continue in line with current needs .
"There is still much to be improved in order to make this an ability to compete and meet the needs of visitors as well as focusing on safety, " he said.
Among the proposals for the future of the pool provides a mini zoo to house exotic animals .
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