30 years after the worst nuclear disaster in the human history, tourists want to visit the city in Ukraine

When a safety experiment went wrong and one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded on April 26 1986, the worst nuclear disaster in the history of the world occurred, releasing huge amounts of radioactive waste over Ukraine and Belarus. The effects of that nuclear explosion are still with us today.

It was only in 1999 that the visitor zone in Chernobyl opened to public visits. After Ukraine introduced new tourism regulations, the area was closed and tourists could no longer take trips to Chernobyl.

Recently, the Ukrainian official have decided to see if they could turn the affected area into a wildlife reserve, as scientists and ecologists have observed that wildlife develops constantly here, despite radioactive dangers.

Trips to the evacuated ghost town of Pripyat are very popular for people preferring attractions of disaster tourism, despite dangers in the area. Nevertheless, the exclusion zone should be avoided or visited only in organized groups and strictly following the guides' indications. For only £99 a day, tourists can book tours offered by Lupine Tours travel agency based in UK.