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If participating in abduction or tornado-chasing tourism is not thrilling enough for you, you can try staying overnight in a real prison.
Prisons all over the world that have once operated as real jails, are now reopened to function as tourist attractions, museums and hostels. Spooky tours are organized at night, and you can even choose to sleep there as well.
Here are some famous ‘prison’ destinations:
Alcatraz in San Francisco is one of the most famous prisons in the world as it has a reputation for being impossible to escape. It is located on an island in the San Francisco Bay, and is …
Tornado-chasing tourism is becoming quite popular lately, the University of Missouri has recently found out.
Every year, between April and June about 1,200 tornadoes occur in the U.S. in an area called Tornado Alley, which covers Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma states. Texas reports the most tornadoes annually than any other state in the U.S. followed by Kansas and Oklahoma.
For the chance to witness a tornado in this area, tornado tourists pay between $3,000 and $5,000 for one- or two-week tours. Then, they are taken on vehicles and might travel as much as 500 miles a day to reach the tornado-location. Despite the modern technology …
Apparently, exploring the sightseeings or trying the local cuisine of the chosen destination is old school now. Even extreme sports such as sky-diving or swimming with sharks is not adrenaline enough. Tourists go for hard-core stuff now – such as simulated kidnapping experience.
Practically, you pay to get unexpectedly kidnapped, bound, gagged and imprisoned for hours. Seriously.
A French company is already offering kidnapping packages.
“It allows you to experience the terror of the real thing,” Craig Shim, Tourism Queensland marketing manager, said.
…Except while you are being abducted, you will know “the real thing” will be over in several hours. If it’s not over, …
