The car industry sponsors nature protection. Therefore heavy traffic is promoted in the National Park.
Touristic Impact - The national park (Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, under protection since 1919) is sponsored by the car industry, namely Toyota. Therefore there is no reasonable transport system established for all the many Tourists who come every day to visit the park. The tourist industries are equipped with masses of Toyota jeeps, who produce heavy traffic in the sand desert up to Penanjakan.
Javanese are not walkers. They wouldn't walk a mile. They always come in big groups and they make any meter by car or motorbike. Due to that there is a lot of smog and even more dust around here. For the sake of Toyota.
Masses of these jeeps are around in the National Park. They can go wherever they want; there are no regulations here for them.
By the way: here on Java the tourist industries always emphasize the sunrises. I got to hear it many times, that it is 'mandatory' to see the sunrise at certain places, as in Borobodur, the Merapi, here in Bromo and other places. That's just marketing and makes sense for the tourist industries itself, because then they can sell expensive tours and guides. In fact it's not worth to go up at 3 a.m. to rush for a sunrise. It's always sufficient to go up with the sun, what is here from 5 a.m. on. Then one can make all the trips without a guide and without a booked tour. In daylight it's possible to find the right way even as a stranger. And the light is on sunny days always nice so long the sun is in a deeper position on the sky - that's until 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
One can enjoy sunsets as well and easier.
The mass of the people comes here for only a daytrip and then they rush further. But the landscapes are phantastic and offer the possibilities for some daytrips. Therefore it's advisable to stay here for a couple of days and having a deeper look around.
