The risks of volcano tourism are the focus of a paper published by the UK’s Royal Geographical Society. Author Amy Donovan, a geographer at the University of Cambridge, ...

Volcano tourism risks rising, but it's easy to stay safe. More and more tourists are visiting volcanoes, and seeing an eruption in real life can be an incredibly powerful experience.

Warning against 'volcano tourism' risks. 20 December 2018. Share Save. Sean Coughlan. BBC News. Share Save. Getty Images.

"There's not really a safe way to do volcano tourism on active volcanoes," Gregg says. "It's a risk." White Island had such a risk as volcanic activity there was active.

Volcanoes aren't the only dangers interfering with summer travel plans. A survey released this year by Global Rescue, a security company, found that more than 8 in 10 respondents are worried about ...

Some volcano tourism veers close to disaster or dark tourism. In 2010, 353 people died and more than 400,000 people lost their homes when Indonesia ’s Mount Merapi erupted.

Do: Bookmark national and local resources. One resource travelers can use to research the risks of visiting an active volcano is the Global Volcanism Network, which maintains a website with a ...

This is part of Airplane Mode, a series on the business—and pleasure—of travel right now. In June 2023, Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted, with a crowd of tourists standing less than a mile away.

More and more tourists are visiting volcanoes, and seeing an eruption in real life can be an incredibly powerful experience. Volcano tourism risks rising, but it’s easy to stay safe | Lifestyle ...

A report from the Royal Geographical Society warns of the growing risks caused by "volcano tourism". Emergency authorities in countries such as Iceland now have to contend with the arrival of ...

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