Expert-led helicopter and hiking tours take people to witness this volcano erupt from a safe (but close) vantage point. Unpredictable and hard to reach, volcanoes are fraught with dangers from toxic gases and, of course, the risk of eruption.

The deaths of several people in 2019 at New Zealand’s White Island, a popular tourist destination, brought the dangers of volcano tourism sharply into focus.

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