Redang Island

Redang Island is home to approximately 240 families, and the heads of the families still mostly serve as fishermen. Some of them have been involved in the tourism industry by offering boat service to tourists or even to the resorts on a contract basis, while others own souvenir shops and coffee shops near Kampung Jetty. The youth also benefit from the tourism industry. Most of them work in resorts around the island as soon as they complete high school, allowing them to help their families, especially those that still have children in primary school. Tourism is their source of income only during the March-October peak season, however. By the end of October to February, most of the resorts are closed for the monsoon season, at which time most of the youth who work in the resorts during high season must find temporary jobs in mainland Malaysia (including Kuala Terengganu and Kuala Lumpur) to survive before the new season

Unlike Langkawi Island which more developed, Redang Island is quite remote with less infrastructure like land/tar roads. Apart from the only available 6 km length of land/tar road in the village of Kampung, the main mode of transportation for residents of Redang Island is by boat (including the public ferry for those who wish to go to town of Kuala Terengganu). Kampung, however, offers locals everything they need: a masjid (mosque), primary school, police station, TNB (electricity) and SATU (clean water).