The tourists who visit Ukraine’s warzones
1 year, 10 months ago

The tourists who visit Ukraine’s warzones

Hindustan Times  

War attracts a certain type of tourist as Ukraine has discovered. One video on the "volunteers for Ukraine" subreddit forum is of a school janitor from Montana now helping evacuate women and children from battle zones. One military commentator labelled these foreigners fighting in Ukraine as a "legion of the damned", an army of "misfits, veterans and war tourists". Shortly after the start of the Russian invasion, the subreddit "volunteers for Ukraine" was created and had 50,000 members within a month. Usually war sites are only visited once conflict has subsided, but recent studies suggest the practice of travelling to active areas of conflict is growing, a phenomenon which is referred to as "hot" war tourism.

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How war tourism is on the rise in Ukraine
1 month, 1 week ago

How war tourism is on the rise in Ukraine

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Ukraine starts planning for post-war tourism
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Ukraine starts planning for post-war tourism

The Independent  

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With Ukraine at war, officials hope to bring tourism back to areas away from fighting
2 years, 3 months ago

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NPR  

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