Deceptive way: Chinese guide took tourists to Chelyabinsk instead of Chernobyl

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Chelyabinsk liquidators are so harsh that they took Chernobyl home and repaired it. Probably, this is how an enterprising guide from China explained the situation to his compatriots when he brought them to this city instead of the promised tour to the Exclusion Zone.

Find out how the cheating guide managed to make money on the trust of the Chinese, from our material.

Deceptive way: Chinese guide took tourists to Chelyabinsk instead of Chernobyl
The sensational TV series "Chernobyl" caused a stir among Chinese viewers. Travel companies decided to earn good money and began to organize tours to the Exclusion Zone.

The resourceful guide Liao Gaoming decided not to waste time and effort on a long road to Ukraine, so he took his compatriots to the Russian Chelyabinsk. When asked why people live in the exclusion zone, the man replied that Chernobyl and Pripyat recovered after the 1986 disaster and are now quite habitable.

Deceptive way: Chinese guide took tourists to Chelyabinsk instead of Chernobyl

It is known that the fraudulent scheme was revealed by the head of the Ministry of Energy of China La Mingdun. He also decided to go with his family on an excursion to the Exclusion Zone. As it turned out, the minister personally visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the 1980s, which is why he noticed something amiss.

Deceptive way: Chinese guide took tourists to Chelyabinsk instead of Chernobyl

Meanwhile, the popularity of tours to the Exclusion Zone is rapidly increasing. Vacation in Chernobyl is extreme and impressive, so the flow of thrill-seekers here does not stop.

Keywords: Scam | Guide | China | Minister | Fraud | Deception | Tour | Tourism | Chelyabinsk | Chernobyl | Excursion

     

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