Tomohon, the City of Flower

Though this is predicated as the City of Flower, Tomohon City`s coat of arms has no flower symbol on it. Its coat of arms includes a green mountain representing the geographic landscape of Tomohon, which is hilly area with enchanted nature. Tomohon`s coat of arms is aimed at informing public about Tomohon`s tranquillity, natural resources, and tourism potencies. Another symbol on Tomohon`s coat of arms is a streaky brown land depicting Tomohon`s prosperity.

For those reasons, Tomohon people call their city as `the City of Flower` considering the fertility of Tomohon`s land that is good for various flowers. In the beginning of 2000, a regional development programme made appear Tomohon City as the new district, separated from Minahasa District.

As a new district, Tomohon was officially launched on August 4th, 2003 by the Minister of Domestic Affair, Harry Sabarno. Since the time, Tomohon develops fast as one of the most crowded city in North Sulawesi.

Now Tomohon District encompasses five sub-districts which are West Tomohon, East Tomohon, Central Tomohon, South Tomohon, and North Tomohon. In addition, at least there are 35 villages based on the administrative area of Tomohon District. Most of Tomohon areas have enormous tourism potencies.

The geographic landscapes of Tomohon are hilly and mountainous areas ranging from the north to the south of North Sulawesi Province. Such topography causes the city development grows slowly.

Tomohon International Flower Festival

Tomohon is a site for four mountains, which two of them are still actives, namely Mount Lokon and Mount Mahawu. In addition, Mount Lokon is the highest mount in North Sulawesi which is 1.580 meters above the sea level.

There are several colourful parks in the centre of the city with various flowers growing up there. The local government of Tomohon City routinely holds annual flower festival which is able to attract many tourists to come to Tomohon.

Not only colourful parks with various flowers, but you can also find other wonderful tourism destinations such as Lake Linow, waruga (sarcophagus), tinoor waterfall, doa hill, agritourism in Rurukan, wooden house craft centre in Woloan, and amphitheatre in Woloan. Likewise, if you want to buy some souvenirs typically Minahasa, you can get them in the traditional or modern markets in the heart of Tomohon City. Some other worth visiting tourism destinations nearby Tomohon City are Bunaken sea park, Lake Tondano, Mount Klabat, Mount Soputan, and Kali Waterfall.

Welcoming `Visit Tomohon 2008`, Tomohon local government along with Tomohon people set some cultural and tourism agendas to attract many tourists to visit Tomohon. Some of the agendas on Visit Tomohon 2008 are cultural and music festival, flower exhibition, photography competition, fashion style, and a seminar on flower cultivation.

Tomohon City Location

Tomohon City lies around 22 km away east of Manado City, the capital of North Sulawesi Province. However, it is about 15 km away from Tondano and 55 km from Bitung City.Tomohon City lies around 22 km away east of Manado City, the capital of North Sulawesi Province. However, it is about 15 km away from Tondano and 55 km from Bitung City.

You can take any public transport to reach Tomohon City. Now, access to Tomohon City has been paved out hence you can easily reach there for having wonderful holiday ever. You can find easily many supporting facilities during the visit to Tomohon, the City of Flower. You can spend more days in the location considering the number of inns or star hotels there. Moreover, you can easily find souvenir shops along the main road of Tomohon City.