Ultra-luxurious vacations costing hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars have increased in popularity since COVID-19 traveling restrictions have eased.
Luxurious vacations can include everything from visiting the International Space Station, to scaling Everest, to going on a private jet tour around the world’s safaris.
Such excursions can threaten the environment or lead to exorbitant rescue missions and, rarely and most recently, tragedy.
Many consider a vacation as an escape to the beach for a week or, if they’re lucky, traveling overseas. But for the world’s ultra-wealthy travelers, the sky isn’t even the limit.
For a price, tourists have access not only to the depths of Earth’s oceans to visit the RMS Titanic in its final resting place, but also to out-of-this-world destinations like the International Space Station.
These excursions can be risky. The former—a trip costing $250,000 per person—took a horrifying turn as five people are now presumed dead after their submersible lost communication only one hour and 45 minutes into its trip. Operator OceanGate Expeditions announced Thursday afternoon that it believes all five lives have
Inside The World of Ultra Wealthy Extreme Tourism
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