
This article examines the types of tourist activities in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Through analysis of regulatory provisions that determine the procedures for visiting the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, it demonstrates that the distinctive features of tourism in the Exclusion Zone stem from established heightened radiation safety requirements for visitors, which are monitored by authorized representatives of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management. The study identifies characteristics of four types of tourism, distinguished by their objects and forms of visitation: technogenic tourism, dark tourism, ecological tourism, and stalker expeditions to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The analysis concludes that dark tourism is the dominant type in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, as the primary tourist attraction is the site of the world's largest nuclear disaster. Technogenic tourism is popular in the Chernobyl Zone due to numerous objects that have remained in a preserved state for forty years. Ecological tourism shows development potential within the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, given the natural restoration of ecosystems that were exposed to radiation following the Chernobyl NPP accident. The research distinguishes between organized technogenic and dark tourism to Chernobyl and Pripyat, ecological tourism to the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, and “Chernobyl stalking”, which is conducted without obtaining administrative permits and in violation of established requirements. Considering the organizational, legal, geographical, ecological, and technological features of tourism within the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, this study proposes classifying it as a radiation-ecological type of tourism. This classification is justified because such tourism is organized within the territory of Ukraine's Nature Reserve Fund as part of the national ecological network and involves visiting the natural environment in the Chernobyl zone and the complex of objects that were exposed to radiation as a result of the technogenic disaster at the Chernobyl NPP for educational purposes.
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