They want to turn Chernobyl into a tourist paradise. This is real?

According to official forecasts from tour operators in 2019, 150 thousand tourists will visit the Chernobyl exclusion zone, but the country’s authorities dream of millions of visitors …

This is almost a direct speech of the newly elected President of Ukraine, who officially announced his desire to turn the gloomy monument of technological disaster into the most important attraction of the country. And useful – imagine how much money tourists will bring whose interest has been thoroughly fueled by the recent release of the eponymous series? Continue reading →