The Ukrainian government has decided to open the infamous Chernobyl site for tourism. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made the announcement earlier this month.
The President, while making the declaration, said that the site had been a negative part of Ukrainian brand and that the time was right to change it.
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Chernobyl Will Open For Tourists
He announced multiple new facilities for the visitors including the installment of strolling trails and conduits. People would now be allowed to take their cell phones to the sight. The decades-old restriction on filming and photographing has also been lifted.
The president further added:
“Chernobyl is a one of a kind spot on the planet where nature was renewed after a gigantic man-made fiasco. We need to demonstrate this spot to the world: to researchers, environmentalists, students of history, and visitors.”
About The World’s Worst Nuclear Accident
Established in Ukraine’s city of Pripyat, Chernobyl was an atomic power station during the Soviet Union’s era. In the year 1986, the reactor exploded by accident.
138 workers present on the scene were hospitalized, and 28 of them died immediately while many others developed radioactive cancer.
A massive radioactive fire shot 2km into the earth’s climate and continued emitting contaminated radioactive waves for as many as nine days until it was finally controlled.
Resultantly, the area in the 30km radius was declared hazardous, and nearly 68,000 people had were evacuated.
The site gained more popularity when an HBO series about the disaster was released earlier this year.
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