The development of religious heritage tourism in Northern Ireland: Opportunities, benefits and obstacles

Tourism

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-257

  Simone Charteris, Maria T ^a   Boyd, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Christian heritage tourism; Collaboration; Northern Ireland; Regional development; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650621248     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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