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Thrill-seeking Tourists Attracted to Philippine Volcano
Governor Joey Salceda, whose province of Albay includes Mayon, said 2,400 tourists a day had been pouring into the area since the famously active volcano started oozing lava on December 14, compared with about 200 a day before.
"All the hotels are fully booked, even the cheapest ones," Salceda told AFP.
He said that tourists typically only stayed overnight to view the crimson lava oozing from the volcano's crater in the dark.
"It is like a slow moving meteor show. You really feel awe when you see it."
However Salceda said many tourists were also slipping by security patrols to enter the eight-kilometre (five-mile) danger zone around Mayon to get a close-up experience of the slow-moving lava column.
"There are enough thrill-seekers and, when you combine them with some enterprising local guides, they find their way in," he said.
The military heightened security around Mayon, about 330 kilometres (200 miles) southeast of Manila, on Monday after two foreign tourists were seen over the weekend riding all-terrain vehicles towards the volcano.
Salceda warned that although the lava was slow-moving, there was still a danger from volcanic ash that could mix with rainwater to form a lethal, fast-moving mudflow.
Such a confluence has claimed hundreds of lives in the past, most recently in 2006.
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