'Dark tourism' - is it ethical to visit Ukraine?

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A company is offering tourists the chance to follow in “the footsteps of defenders' of Ukraine's war torn cities.

The phenomenon of visiting places associated with tragedy is often called ‘Dark Tourism’ and the company promises to show visitors “the footsteps of defenders, seeing how cities are recovering from the horrors, looking into the eyes of people for whom life will never be the same as before.”

“Do you remember the 9/11 attacks in New York? In the aftermath, loads of people flocked down once it was safe to do so, to have a look at the devastation and destruction there,” he continued. Closer to home is the Titanic Museum in Belfast; a museum which reels in hundreds of thousands of visitors every year - all of whom are fascinated by the morose tale of the ship that sank on her maiden voyage.“It’s always about ‘commemorate’ and not ‘celebrate’ and so on.

 

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Was it ever ethical to go to any corrupt country would be a better question.

Nightlife seems good

Deadly. Just like the virus.

They have music festivals the football league restarted...

I was in Western Ukraine a few weeks ago. Completely safe there.

Ethical? Their beaches are full, their bars and nightclubs are full. Only a tiny sliver of it is occupied.

It's as ethical as the billions the government's around the world have transferred into Zelensky's pocket.

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