Slum tourism is a growth industry with more and more wealthy travelers opting to visit the poorest parts of the world. What is it that is prompting slum tourism? Is it a new trend? What impact does ...

Krishna Pujari was ready to go home. It was nearing midnight at the Mumbai restaurant where he was pulling long shifts to put himself through school. Just as he was preparing to clock out for the ...

It’s a dark form of tourism — voyeuristic excursions to 'Struggle Street' to see how the worse-off live. It may not be brand new but it may be an inappropriate, booming trend among Western travelers.

From the depths of Kenya's informal settlements has risen slum tourism, an activity that attracts mixed views. There are claims that it benefits only a scrupulous few even as tourism bodies skirt the ...

WASHINGTON — When Marie Antoinette wanted to escape the confines and pressures of courtly life, she retreated to her quaint Petit Hameau where she and her companions donned their finest peasant frocks ...

One of Samuel’s tour guides points down the track toward Mombasa. During the height of Kenya’s July-August tourist season, tens of thousands of travelers from around the world come here for wildlife ...

Similar to the unintentional instability caused by volunteer tourism, slum tourism lets foreigners feel like they understand local issues while doing little to actually help the lives they’re peering ...

Part of the trend of dark tourism, slum tourism brings visitors to the neighborhoods of the less fortunate to witness firsthand the way they live. In an article on Australia's News.com, research shows ...