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CBC News (Dec 2010): War-zone vacations pitched to tourists
Think of a packaged vacation and Iraq likely doesn’t come to mind.
But a Swiss-based travel agency is offering just that: organized tours of six war-torn or inaccessible places not typically on the average traveller’s destination list, but likely flagged on many governments’ “avoid all travel” list.
Source: CBC News
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