The great cities of the global south are held together by slums. Over half of Mumbai’s population live in them. Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro have huge township and favela populations in proportion ...

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 ...

Back in Victorian times, wealthier citizens could sometimes be found wandering among London’s poorer, informal neighbourhoods, distributing charity to the needy. “Slumming” – as it was called – was ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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.