The contribution of dark tourism to place identity in Northern Ireland

Dark Tourism and Place Identity: Managing and interpreting dark places

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 60-78

  Simone Charteris, Maria Teresa ^a   Boyd, Stephen W ^a   Burns, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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EID: 85013970541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203134900-14     Document Type: Chapter

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