Walking the Falls: Dark tourism and the significance of movement on the political tour of West Belfast

Tourist Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-39

  Skinner, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belfast; dark tourism; movement; narrative; political tourism; terrorism; tour guide; walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962907411     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797615588427     Document Type: Article

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