Kiev (TAN): A popular HBO series named Chernobyl has significantly increased tourist footfall to the 1986 nuclear accident site, 120 km from the Ukrainian capital.
The botched safety test that resulted in the disaster in the then Soviet Ukraine was the worst nuclear accident the world had seen.
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The five-episode HBO miniseries tells the story of the nuclear explosion’s aftermath, the cleanup operation and the subsequent inquiry.
While the World Health Organization puts the number of dead from the accident and its aftermath at 9,000, other studies have estimated that the number of deaths has been as high as between 100,000 and 200,000.
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Day trips to Chernobyl include a visit to the abandoned villages in the area, the accident-hit reactor No. 4 (now covered by a massive metal dome) and the town of Prypyat.
A day trip from Kiev costs around USD 100.
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