![TOPSHOT - A visitor takes a picture at a wreckage of a bus in the ghost city of Pripyat during a tour in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on June 7, 2019. HBO’s hugely popular television series “Chernobyl” has renewed interest around the world on Ukraine’s 1986 nuclear disaster with authorities reporting a 30% increase of tourist demands to visit the affected area and tourist operators forecasting that number of tourists visiting the site may double this year up to 150.000 persons / AFP / Genya SAVILOV](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/AG6UZAK5AG6JMJ2EOWSS6ZWMWQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=f8dd0f96e51c96b247c6b2d5c73b4290e7e6633c1f5b796e27e6ad0f7fba45c7&width=400&height=225)
A visitor takes a picture at a wreckage of a bus in the ghost city of Pripyat during a tour in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Courtesy AFP
A visitor takes a picture at a wreckage of a bus in the ghost city of Pripyat during a tour in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Courtesy AFP
The morbid rise of dark tourism: Is taking a selfie at a scene of tragedy ever OK?
We explore the gruesome fascination with sites of extreme tragedy, as tourist numbers to such destinations continue to grow
Ashleigh Stewart
29 June, 2019