You could be forgiven for thinking the area surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear disaster is a strictly no-go zone.
However, this couldn't be further from the truth.
While an exclusion zone does remain around the site, tour operating companies have permission to bring dozens of people into the area every day.
And in the wake of the hugely successful HBO mini series focused on the events of the nuclear meltdown in 1986, one of those companies, SoloEast has welcomed a wave of new bookings since the show aired.
In May, the company saw a 30 per rise in tourist bookings, coinciding with the premiere date of the show.
While bookings in June, July and August are up 40 per cent from the year prior, the company's director Sergiy Ivanchuk told Reuters.
The tours pass through the Dytyatky checkpoint, visiting abandoned houses in the village of Zalissya and the partially buried village of Kopachi.
They also visit numerous sites depicted in the five-episode series including bunker where the decision was made not to evacuate the town following the explosion.
"Many people come here, they ask a lot of questions about the TV show, about all the events. People are getting more and more curious," tour guide Viktoria Brozhko told Reuters.
Visitors to the region will get an equal amount of radiation if they were "staying at home for 24 hours," Brozhko said.
"During the entire visit to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, you get around two microsieverts, which is equal to the amount of radiation you'd get staying at home for 24 hours", she said.
To be allowed into the radiation zone, visitors are required to wear long-sleeved shirts and closed in shoes.
They are also advised to stick to the paths and not to eat the local mushrooms.
