Swiss researcher studies ‘abandonment tourism’ in Detroit

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Racial and social factors which are a big part of Detroit’s “abandonment tourism” tend to be overlooked and silenced over profit and investment opportunities, a new study from the University of Geneva in Switzerland says.

Aude Le Gallou, a researcher at the university’s Department of Geography and Environment, came to that conclusion from nine visits on the “Explore Detroit Tours” in which s…