The photos at the link are incredibly beautiful and sad to read how much destruction and looting there has been... 
I guess there are always the greedy, hoping to make a buck now off of Disaster Tourism/Voyeurism. On the other hand, maybe some would actually invest in helping rebuild some of what has been destroyed for the future--which would be a good thing.
I thought the rest of the article was amusing. 
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Against Russian law
Megapolis is reported to already be in talks with hotels and transportation services in Syria.
However, the Russian Federal Tourism Agency (Rosturizm), told Russian news agency Interfax on Tuesday that it had not yet received the company's application.
Izo Arakhamiya, head of its legal department, said: "There is no Assad Tour in the register and they haven't filed an application. Therefore they are not authorized to sell these trips."
Interfax also spoke to Irina Tyrurina, spokesperson for the Russian Travel Industry Union, who pointed out that sending tourists to conflict zones actually runs counter to Russian law, because the company is unable to guarantee the travelers' safety.
'All tourists are crazy'
Last year, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on a company called Megapolis Kurort's plans to run similar trips to eastern Ukraine -- although it's not been confirmed if the two companies are related.
According to U.N. estimates, the violence in Syria has so far seen more than 250,000 people killed and 7.6 million internally displaced.
Aronov predicts that the trips will attract men aged 30 to 45 who are "educated, intelligent, perhaps, traders, or commercial directors. They are curious about new impressions, new 'hot spots'."
More candidly, he tells the Daily Mail: "You're asking how many crazies will show up? All tourists are crazy -- they are paying money for things they can see free on television."
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