HBO’s miniseries ‘Chernobyl’ is to boost Kyiv tourism this summer, drawing foreigners for 1-day, $100 tours of the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

HBO’s miniseries ‘Chernobyl’ is to boost Kyiv tourism this summer, drawing foreigners for 1-day, $100 tours of the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. The 5-part series ended June 3 at the top of IMDb’s list of top-rated television shows. This year, Chernobyl tour operators expect numbers to top 100,000, up from 72,000 last year. With foreigners accounting for 80% of visitors, leading nationalities are British, German, Polish, and American, Vitaly Petruk, head of the Exclusion Zone Management State Agency, tells Interfax-Ukraine.