Disaster tourism, a growing trend

Some have considered it naive, in some cases disrespectful, but that has not stopped the 22-year-old from Britain from traveling to Ukraine "for fun".

Miles Routledge, a 22-year-old physics student, has traveled to war zones before. In August 2021 he was rescued from Kabul by British forces after flying to Afghanistan for a holiday - shortly before falling into the hands of the Taliban.

Miles claims he will try to help when he arrives in Ukraine, dealing with charity. In an interview with the student newspaper The Tab, he said that "honestly it's fun, almost like a soldier enjoying it no matter what happens."

Some consider his actions naive and in some cases disrespectful. However, this seems to be a growing trend, reports Euronews.

Dark tourism and disaster tourism have become increasingly popular in recent years - large numbers of people are visiting places where disasters or tragedies have occurred before or are occurring at the moment.

Dark tourism involves visiting places that have previously been associated with death and tragedy. The most famous are the Holocaust-related countries, including Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen in Germany. In recent years, the Auschwitz Museum has urged people to stop taking selfies. "When you come to @AuscwitzMuseum, remember that you are in the place where over 1 million people were killed. Respect their memory. "

In 2018, survivors and residents of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, placed posters around the site reminding people that the tower was a tragedy and not a tourist attraction.

Turizmi i fatkeqësive përfshin vizitën e vendeve ku ka ndodhur një fatkeqësi mjedisore, qoftë natyrore apo e shkaktuar nga njeriu, si për shembull Çernobili në Ukrainë, i cili ka qenë atraksioni më i njohur turistik i Ukrainës.

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