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    Why Chernobyl has suddenly become a hotspot for global tourists
    Why Chernobyl has suddenly become a hotspot for global tourists
    Why Chernobyl has suddenly become a hotspot for global tourists
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    Why Chernobyl has suddenly become a hotspot for global tourists

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    The site of the world’s worst radiological catastrophe is unexpectedly coming back to life -- due to an American television show. Scores of tourists are visiting Chernobyl, located in northern Ukraine, in response to an HBO miniseries that illuminates the disaster, which occurred before Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union, in new detail. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateOct 29, 2019
    ISBN9781094243382
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