Tourists curious about the Lapindo mud

SURABAYA, KOMPAS - Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, which apparently led to increasingly apprehensive curiosity for tourists in the country and abroad.
Most domestic and foreign tourists who stop in Surabaya always took to visit the mud in Sidoarjo. "Although not promoted, every tourist who visited Singapore would want to see the phenomenon of mud flow. They were curious," said Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Travel Haryono Gondhosoewito in Surabaya in East Java, on Tuesday (06/01/2010).
However, until now the road leading to Sidoarjo is still hampered by damage to the arterial road and Porong-Gempol toll due to mud flow.
According to Haryono, road damage at this point is very disturbing tourism in East Java. "If the streets of Surabaya-Malang, especially for the links Porong smoothly, increasing tourist flows and the economy will be very significant. But if it be left like that, the potential economic losses are higher in East Java," said Haryono.