“If you visit, please remember that a terrible tragedy occurred there. Comport yourselves with respect for all who suffered and sacrificed,” he added.
Thehighly-ratedHBO miniseries dramatizes the aftermath of what is widely recognized as the world’s most disastrous nuclear explosion. The Zone of Exclusion — the radius around the power plant from which civilians were asked to evacuate and later expanded — has experienced an influx of visitors since the show’s premiere in May.
“Most of the people say they decided to book after seeing this show. It’s almost as though they watch it and then jump on a plane over,” the company’s director Victor Korol told the outlet.
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“It’s absolutely safe. The government would never allow tourists to come otherwise,” he told CNN. “The radiation they [visitors] are exposed to on a tour is less than on an intercontinental flight.”
Anywhere between 31 to 54 operators and first responders died within three months of the accident.
In 2005, the United Nations predicted that thousands would die as a result of harmful radiation exposure from the power plant explosion, based on the findings of an international team of 100 scientists, according to theWorld Health Organization.
AGreenpeace reportpublished a year later predicted there would be more than 200,000 related deaths.
source: people.com
