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have expressed outrage after BritishÌýtravel bloggers visited regime-held Syria, asÌýthe countryÌýÌýof devastating conflict.

VloggerÌýBenjamin Rich - known as 'Bald and Bankrupt' - praised SyriaÌýas his "kind of country", as he dined in upscale areas of regime-controlled Aleppo.

Bald, as he is known by fans, has gained popularity due to his quirky videos of Russia and former SovietÌýstates, gaining 3.5 million YouTubeÌýfollowers. He was joined by Simon Wilson, a video blogger from Wales.

The pair showcased theirÌýtour around Syria this week, where over 500,000 people have been killed since the Syrian conflict broke out in 2011 after the regime brutally crushed peaceful pro-democracy protests.

Wilson himself and RichÌýin front of a 'Welcome to Syria' road sign on Tuesday to his Twitter account.Ìý

The travel vloggers visited wealthy areas of Homs and Aleppo eating at restaurants, drinking spirits, and playing loud music on their road trips.

Rich - better known as 'Bald' - told his followers that Syria is "not quite what you'd expect".

"Reality of Syria: guys inviting you to bars to drink and constantly telling you to go to Homs to see how hot the women are there," RichÌýwrote on his Instagram story, explaining he incorrectly expected his trip to "be a week of no alcohol" where he "must not look at girls".ÌýÌý

Large swathes of Homs, a former rebel stronghold,Ìýwere subject to a horrifying regime siege with artillery and barrel bombs dropped on crowded residential areas, killing thousands, including American journalist .

Later in the conflict, the regime began to use chemical weapons on populated areas, killing thousands.

The regime assault on the cityÌýleft Homs impoverished and devastated with many of its residents forced to flee from their homes and not allowed to return.

Many Syrians accuse the regime of trying to change the demographic character of Homs and other cities, with most of those killed and forced to flee being Sunni Muslim.

Syrians who are unable to return to their homes in Syria due to fears of regime persecution said the videos ofÌýthe British tourists visiting restaurants and other places of entertainment could be considered propaganda for President Bashar al-Assad.

"AssadÌýuses influencers to polish his image, which has been tarnished since he used violence against his people, killed hundreds of thousands of people and used chemical weapons,"ÌýMajd Khalaf, a volunteer with the Syrian Civil Defence - otherwise known as The White Helmets - told °®Âþµº.

The tour cames as Syria suffers a Ìýwhich has seen 80% of Syrians plunged into poverty, with many facing starvation.

There have been reportsÌýof children searching through bins to find food.Ìý

The Syrian regime has blamed US economic sanctions for the crisis, but many Syrians have pointed to systematic regime corruption and the destruction of much of the country's infrastructure as a result of the regime's indiscriminate bombardment of towns and cities.

The US says its sanctions, imposed under the Caesar Act, only target the regime and were in response to systematic human rights violations by the regime.

These includeÌýthe detention, forced disappearance and tortureÌýof over 100,000 SyriansÌýwithÌýÌýin the notorious SaydnayaÌýprison near Damascus.

Around a quarter of the Syrian population have fled overseas and are unable to return to their homes due toÌýfears of detention by the .

Since you can’t enter Syria without a government minder I hope you both realize that you are essentially aiding the regime in rewriting the past decade.

Millions of Syria’s inhabitants can’t return home, why do you guys get a pass?

— Sophie (@florida_sophia)

Media in Syria is strictly controlled and the regime has been accused of using video bloggers to boost its image overseas.

"Assad's image can’t be polished. His crimes against his people are recorded in history, and his crimes are etched in the memory of Syrians and the world," Khalaf said.

Atrocity tourism? Nice. Trampled on any mass graves yet?

You do know that more than half of the country's people have been forced from their homes and can't return, right?

— Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE)

Twitter users asked why the vloggers "get a pass" to Syria, when millions of Syrians are unable to return to their homes.

Some dubbed tours of Syria by video bloggers asÌý"atrocity tourism".

°®Âþµº reached out to the vloggers for a comment but did not receive a response at the time of publishing.