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Chernobyl Becomes Tourist Hot Spot

Posted by michael on from the we're-not-above-puns dept.

prostoalex writes "18 years ago on April 26, the Chernobyl disaster occurred in Central Ukraine. Nowadays, as British Telegraph reports, the radioactive disaster area is becoming a tourist hot-spot with 3000 visitors paying $200 for a guided tour each year."

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  1. tourists? by wishiwascool · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    with 3000 suckers paying $200 for a guided tour each year

  2. Iraq anyone? by vandan · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    If people want to go to a radioactive disaster, maybe they should pick a more current one and have a look at what depleted uranium weapons are doing to the locals. Levels of background radiation are 300 times what they were before the 'shock and awe' terrorist campaign.