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 ...

"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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the twisting alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful, gun-packing drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau next to some demol ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. As the sun set between the “two brothers” mountains overlooking Rio’s de Janeiro’s Ipanema beach, it illuminated the primary colours of ...

Katharina Goetze says she faced an ethical dilemma about going on a guided slum tour in Mumbai. "We had this discussion beforehand about whether it was poverty tourism," said Ms. Goetze, 29, as she ...

A slum in Asalpha, in Mumbai's eastern suburbs, got a colourful makeover through a charity initiative aimed at brightening slums, home to more than half the city's population. Picture courtesy: Chal ...

With Delhi Assembly elections 2025 approaching, former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of indulging in "slum tourism." Speaking ...