Excursions have begun to be organized in the ATO zone - media
Kyiv, July 30 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – New extreme tourism is gaining popularity in Ukraine in the form of excursions to cities in the East, where active hostilities have recently taken place.
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This is reported by the publication "Vkulak", showing a photograph of such an advertisement as confirmation.
“Prices start from 1000 UAH. for conducting a two-hour excursion around Slavyansk and ending with 8000 UAH. for excursions directly near the ATO zone of that city, where at the moment the Ukrainian army is still fighting with terrorists. In this case, a full set of protective clothing is also provided. Travel costs are paid separately. It is also worth considering possible unforeseen situations at checkpoints,” the publication reports.
“The excursion itself, as a rule, lasts about 2 hours, during which the tourist is taken around objects destroyed after hostilities and told details about the events and operations that took place in certain places. At the same time, if a tourist finds shell fragments, cartridges, casings, he can take this with him as a souvenir,” writes the media, without informing in which city such advertisements are placed.
The agency could not be reached at the number specified as a contact with the organizer: the answering machine is activated.
As Navigator reported, taxi drivers in some cities that found themselves in the ATO zone raised prices tenfold. Thus, a kilometer often costs 100–200 UAH, so a trip for people who want to leave the danger zone costs several thousand hryvnia.
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