CBR

  • Following the popularity of HBO's Chernobyl, tourism has spiked to the nuclear disaster site. 1 / 8

  • The HBO series started detailing the nuclear explosion and its fallout last May. 2 / 8

  • Following the conclusion of the five-episode miniseries, reports suggest tourism is up by 30 percent. 3 / 8

  • Some tour groups are even seeing 40 percent spikes as of this week. 4 / 8

  • More visitors want to come to Ukraine to see the wake of the catastrophe. 5 / 8

  • The show's so popular, Russian channel, NTV, is even putting out its own version. 6 / 8

  • The channel and the Kremlin believe the HBO show spread American propaganda... 7 / 8

  • ... And this Russian take will instead focus on American spies sabotaging the nuclear site. 8 / 8