Guyana weighs transforming Jonestown massacre site into cultural landmark
The Guyanese government's consideration represents a significant shift in how the nation views its relationship with this dark chapter of history.
Guyana wants to turn Jonestown massacre site into tourist attraction despite objections
One opponent is Jackie Speier, a longtime former U.S. congresswoman who is now San Mateo County Supervisor-elect. Peoples Temple follower Larry Layton (C) stands with police following his arrest November 18, 1978 in the shooting of two people on a ...
Guyana to open Jonestown massacre site as tourist destination
The country of Guyana is set to open Jonestown to tourists more than four decades after the 1978 massacre. NBC News' Guad Venegas talks to one of the tour operators about the controversial decision.
More than 900 people died in Jonestown. Guyana wants to turn it into a tourist attraction
Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American country.
Guyana now considering turning the site of the Jonestown massacre into a tourist attraction
Guyana government officials are now considering turning the site of the Jonestown Massacre where more than 900 died into a tourist attraction. A survivor and a woman who lost 27 family members there are critical of the proposal.
Guyana proposes site of 1978 Jonestown Massacre to tourism; draws concern from Jackie Speier
Nearly 50 years after the massacre at Jonestown, the South American country of Guyana is considering opening up the site for tourism. Former Bay Area Congresswoman Jackie Speier, who was shot five times at the massacre,
The site of the largest suicide-murder in history could open as a tourist attraction
The site of the largest suicide-murder in history could open as a tourist attraction - Many say dark tourism has gone too far ...
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It was the largest suicide-murder in recent history, and a government-backed tour operator wants to open the former commune ...
Site of Jonestown massacre could soon be a tourist destination
A local government expressed interest in turning the site of the Jonestown massacre, which killed over 900 people, into a ...
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Horror at future of horrific Jonestown cult massacre site where 900 died in mass suicide-murder
Survivors and critics say a government-backed tour operator wants to open the former commune to visitors, a proposal that ...
'Morbid tourism' comes for Jonestown massacre site
Should private tour operators get their way, Jonestown will be open to curious and macabre visitors in the near future.