‘I holiday in Ukraine, Syria and North Korea’
When 5 tourists tragically lost their lives visiting the wreckage of the Titanic, they were involved in a growing industry called ‘dark tourism’, offering trips to warzones, sites of natural disaster and morbid museums.
Professor David Wilson joins us to discuss the allure of an industry that has seen a 300% increase in searches in the UK, alongside War tourist, Andrew Drury, whose holidays include trips to the frontline in Iraq, Chernobyl, and visiting jihadi bride Shamima Begum in her Syrian refugee camp.