O
ver the past few years dark
tourism - visiting sights of
death and destruction - has
been growing in popularity.
So much so that there are specialist travel operators who now offer
package deals to tour places of
ethnic cleansing and radioactive
catastrophes. A trip to Chernobyl
or the Killing Fields can now easily
be arranged by a travel agent, and
the business is booming. But what
powers our desire to go and see
the places where many people have
suffered terrible deaths? And how
ethical is it?
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