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Selfies from the disaster zone: how TV show changed Chernobyl tourism


CHERNOBYL: The hit TV series “Chernobyl” has attracted a new generation of tourists to the nuclear disaster zone but guides say that many are more interested in taking selfies than learning about the accident.“They do not need information anymore, they just want to take a selfie,“ said Yevgen Goncharenko, an official plant guide, at the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.Tourists now are often on the lookout for locations featured in the acclaimed HBO drama and can be surprised to discover that certain sites were fictional, he told AFP.The hard-hitting mini-series recreates the April 1986 disaster, when one …read more

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