Extreme tourism exploits, from Earth’s tallest peaks to suborbital space


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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft which launched in Texas in April this year. — Reuters

The US$250,000-a-head (RM1.16mil) expedition featuring a submersible that vanished recently – and then found on June 23, with no survivors – en route to the deep-sea wreck of the Titanic ocean liner is one example of extreme tourism that is becoming more commonplace for those who can afford it.

From Earth’s tallest peaks to suborbital space, here are some of the other exploits:

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