A Kiev court has officially banned tours to Chernobyl and its surroundings.The popular ?radioactive? tourism was suspended back in June 2011, after a check-up by the prosecutor general.
Officials ruled that the Emergencies Ministry did not have the right to authorise trips to Chernobyl without permission from the Interior Ministry.
Since the early 2000s, Chernobyl, the scene of the world?s worst nuclear disaster, has been attracting a growing stream of adventurers hungry for a glimpse of its post-apocalyptic landscape.
Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry officially began licensing trips in February 2011. More than 10,000 tourists visit Chernobyl and its surroundings each year. Forbes magazine even named this dead zone one of the world?s most exotic tourist destinations.
Each tourist to the zone has payed around $600 for the trip adding up to a multi-million-dollar annual turnover for the organizers.
The Emergencies ministry says these trips are a vital way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters. The money raised, stress the officials, could help fund new industrial projects on the contaminated land. The prosecutor general?s office, however, wasn't able to identify where the money actually went.
Still, extreme tourists can hope for a change of heart. After new, tightened, rules are drawn up, Chernobyl?s doors may reopen, said Volodymyr Holosha, head of the Ukrainian state agency for exclusion zone monitoring.
"We are not raising the issue of tourism at all,? the official said. ?We are talking about exercising the right to obtain information and to visit the zone. There will be no tourists in the zone, there will be visitors."
Source: http://rt.com/news/prime-time/chernobyl-tourist-destination-ban-227/
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