CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - The success of a U.S. television miniseries examining the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl has driven up the number of tourists wanting to see the plant and the ghostly abandoned town that neighbors it for themselves.
The HBO miniseries depicts the explosion’s aftermath, the vast clean-up operation and the subsequent inquiry. Sergiy Ivanchuk, director of SoloEast tours, told Reuters the company saw a 30% increase in tourists going to the area in May 2019 compared with the same month last year. Bookings for June, July and August have risen by approximately 40% since HBO aired the show, he said.
Day-trippers board buses in the center of Kiev and are driven 120km to the area, where they can see monuments to the victims and abandoned villages and have lunch in the only restaurant in the town of Chernobyl. “During the entire visit to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, you get around two microsieverts, which is equal to the amount of radiation you’d get staying at home for 24 hours”,” she said.When Craig Mazin, the creator of the ‘Chernobyl’ miniseries, came to visit before writing the show, he said of his experience: “I’m not a religious man, but that’s as religious as I’ll ever feel”.
The accident killed 31 right away and forced tens of thousands to flee. The final death toll of those killed by radiation-related illnesses such as cancer is subject to debate.
These are the same people who look at the sun during an eclipse
Has it been 50,000 years already.
KyivNotKiev WTF?
FFS, yeah that's where I want to vacay.
Dear Reuters, please use the correct transliteration: Chornobyl
Next up, how cancer rates have recently skyrocketed
These people are as stupid as those who travel to Cuba because it is 'like travelling to the past', or those other idiots who go to Brazilian favelas because they are 'interesting'.
I dont want to tour a still radioactive dump....🦠
I cannot imagined spending money to see nuclear waste devastation. Astonishing
歴史的な事故が起きた地を、観光地化する事に違和感を覚える。
🤔. I mean...is it not still radioactive.
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Er, is that a good idea?
😬 it's such a tragic human event. I don't think I'd feel comfortable being a 'tourist'
Thats bad
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