Chernobyl writer urges Instagram tourists to 'respect' nuclear disaster site
by Esther Addley and Stephanie Convery from Environment | The Guardian on (#4H05C)
Behaviour of tourists prompts writer of Sky/HBO hit TV series to speak out
The writer of the acclaimed TV series Chernobyl has called for visitors to behave "with respect", after a number of photographs emerged on social media apparently showing tourists taking inappropriate or lewd selfies at the site of the nuclear disaster.
Visitor numbers to the site of the former Soviet-era power plant in Ukraine have soared since the the five-part mini-series began airing on HBO and Sky Atlantic in May, with some tour companies reporting a 40% increase in bookings.
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