Shining a light on dark places

A tour of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site may not seem like everyone’s idea of a holiday break. But the radiation exclusion zone in Ukraine is an increasingly popular destination for visitors.

Some 33 years after the nuclear disaster that rendered large parts of the area uninhabitable for humans, there are a number of visitor tours to the radiation zone. And according to recent reports in the UK press it is also becoming an ‘in-place’ for raves and stag-dos.

Chernobyl has joined places like Ground Zero in New York, Cambodia’s ‘Killing Fields’ and the scene of JFK’s assassination in Dallas as global tourist attractions with a dark twist.