'Chernobyl' attracts tourists to nuclear disaster zone, but at what cost?

Bizarre Chernobyl souvenirs are now readily available. Photos: AFP

Emmy-winning TV miniseries Chernobyl has attracted a new generation of tourists to the nuclear disaster zone in the Ukraine, but guides say that many are more interested in taking selfies than learning about the nuclear disaster of April 1986.

“They do not need information any more; they just want to take a selfie,” said official plant guide Yevgen Goncharenko at Chernobyl. Now, tourists are on the lookout for locations featured in the HBO drama and are surprised to discover that certain sites on the TV show were fictional.