The Disaster Tourist

About

Yona works for a travel company that specializes in disaster tourism — package holidays to earthquake zones, flood sites, places where catastrophe has become a commodity. When she's sent to a remote island to evaluate a failing tour site, she discovers the company's willingness to manufacture disasters when real ones aren't available. Yun Ko-Eun writes a thriller that doubles as a sharp satire of climate capitalism, dark tourism, and the commodification of suffering. The prose is cool and controlled, matching Yona's detachment until the stakes become personal enough to melt it. A novel about the business of catastrophe — and the moment you realize the disaster you're touring was designed for you.