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 ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...

As the sun set between the “two brothers” mountains overlooking Rio’s de Janeiro’s Ipanema beach, it illuminated the primary colours of the favela that sprawls down to the sea, making the tightly ...

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 ...