Track 6: TEAM REPORT
Dark tourism
Ben: What are your plans for the holidays
Nicole?
Nicole: I'm going to Cornwall with my parents. Fresh air, beautiful
the coast!
you, Ben?
breaks but I hate all the tourist
Ben: I like
overcrowded!
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Nicole: Well, I've got an idea for your holiday!
Ben: What is it?
Nicole: There's a new
goodbye to Big Ben and the
more interesting.
in tourism. It's called 'dark tourism'. Say
Now people want to see something
Ben: What's more interesting than Big Ben?
Nicole: These days, people want to visit sites of destination and
They're so
camps. Our reporter Luke is at one
more.
Luke: I'm in the Chernobyl in the Ukraine. In 1986
Communist Soviet Union. And in April that year, disaster
in New York, or even Europe's concentration
destination to find out
?
1
it was part of the
2
Nicole: What
Luke: The
and the whole
power plant exploded. Many people
population of the town of Pripyat had to abandon their homes and pets - and
leave.
Nicole: Does anyone live there now?
Luke: No, in fact it won't be safe to live here for another three
Nicole: So why is Chernobyl a tourist destination?
Luke: Last year, there was a
about Chernobyl. It
the
story of the disaster. Now, more and more people want to see the place for
themselves! Last year, 60,000 tourists
Nicole: What are the tourists doing?
years!