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.

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 ...

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 ...

A new study is to investigate whether the growing phenomenon of slum tourism is merely a cynical form of entertainment for the rich - or whether it can help to tackle global inequalities and ...

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 ...

"I decided to experience the real Jakarta," said a tourist, stepping gingerly between puddles of putrid water and a scurrying rat in a scene that would never make a postcard. Rohaizad Abu Bakar, 28, a ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Tourists usually try to run from Rio’s notorious slums. Now officials are inviting them to come visit instead. RIO DE JANEIRO — Tourists usually try to run from Rio’s notorious slums.

Editor’s Note: Moni Basu, a reporter for CNN.com, was born in Kolkata, India and returns there every year. On a recent trip home to India, I heard a German man on my flight remark to another passenger ...

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 ...