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THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER

The term "dark tourism" was first used by John Lennon and Malcolm Foley in 1996, two
Scottish academics in the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure at Glasgow
Caledonian University.

El término "turismo oscuro" fue utilizado por primera vez por John Lennon y
Malcom Foley en 1996, dos académicos escoceses del Departamento de
Hospitalidad, Turismo y Ocio de la Glasgow Caledonian University.

Pripyat is currently a ghost town place where occurred the largest nuclear accident
in the world, It occurred on 26 April 1986 in the reactor No.4 at the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Plant.

The disaster unfolded when he was conducting a test in which it simulated a po


The term "dark tourism" was first used by John Lennon and Malcolm Foley in 1996,
two Scottish academics in the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure at
Glasgow Caledonian University.wer outage. This produced an Overheating the
reactor 4, Causing the explosion of the hydrogen accumulated in its inside

Radiation spread to most of Europe. It is believed that this radioactivity Will not be
become extinct until afetr 300,000 years to become extinct

The Ukrainian government claims that these "tourist visits" are illegal and the
safety of tourists can not be guaranteed.

CHERNOBYL / PRIPYAT TOUR

This tour is a great chance to learn about what happens when human creations get
out of control and our civilization gets rapidly taken over by nature.

You will get a unique experience of visiting a mysterious territory of the Chernobyl
exclusion zone, during which you will see abandoned settlements, Soviet top
secret military objects and of course the place of the catastrophe

Duration: full day


Dates 2017: every Thursday upon request
Location: CHERNOBYL / PRIPYAT
Price: € 150 per person

During this tour, you will:

 Discover the tragic statistics of the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl Central


 Discover an impressive defensive construction of the period of the Cold
War, known as the "Russian Woodpecker Peak"

 Walkthrough the streets of the deserted Soviet city of Pripyat

 Stop near the "Red forest".

 visit to village of Rossokha, the military cemetery

 Visit to Pripyat. Sightseeing of "Dead town" (hotel, hospital, kinder garden,


school, ferris wheel, swimming pool, Central train station etc ).

 Visit the village Paryshiv , meeting with "resettlers", people who have moved
back to their villages after evacuation

 Passage through Control Point "Dytyatky". Measuring of radiation.

Included highlights:
professional guide service along the route
transportation services along the route
formal permissions
insurance
lunch (Food is clean, it is delivered from outside of the Exclusion zone.)

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