A South American tour group is turning Jonestown, Guyana, into a travel destination over four decades after it was the scene of the most notorious mass suicide and murder in modern history.

Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American country.

For the first time, Guyana has given its blessing for a tour company to start bringing visitors into what’s left of Jonestown — where more than 900 Americans lost their lives in 1978.

Minister of Tourism Oneidge Walrond is sanguine about the sustainability of the local tourism product, seeing Guyana’s tourism attractions as surviving and thriving long after oil has ceased to ...

Nearly 50 years after the massacre at Jonestown, the South American country of Guyana is considering opening up the site for tourism. Former Bay Area Congresswoman Jackie Speier, who was shot five ...

Guyana wants to turn it into a tourist attraction. The Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died there in 1978. FILE - A view of the People's Temple compound, ...