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CAIN
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material on the Conflict
in Northern Ireland
Based in Ulster University
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Community-led Tourism,
Heritage and Peacebuilding
in Urban Villages
Policy Brief
Overview
Transforming
Communities
through Tourism
The transformative aspect of tourism as an
agent of peace has been the scope of the project
convened by Ulster University in the Urban Village
areas. The Urban Villages Initiative is a key action
within the Northern Ireland Executive’s ‘Together:
Building a United Community’ Strategy.
Key Findings
communities;
is contested) of their experience of peace and transition
some people are simply not ready to share
2. Communities overwhelmingly want to experiences with external audiences
manage and navigate the tourist experience
in their area: agency is critically important 6. There is a need for a more robust dialogue
between community actors involved in
to bring stories
3. There is a concern among communities
that tourism should not be a reductive
tourist initiatives and tourism bodies in
some areas and histories
together.”
experience. Tourism needs to be managed in
a way that respects the homes and lives of 7.
communities navigate and there is a need for initiatives to
be grounded in historical fact
Recommendations
2. Encourage the economic viability of A common thread through all of the community-
community-led peace tourism projects led tourism projects is a willingness to engage in
There needs to be a greater emphasis on cultivating past. This has been a challenging process and
the commercial capacity and developing the skills individuals and groups have developed bespoke
of local participant across all of the Urban Villages techniques to overcome these complex issues.
Peace Tourism Projects. Furthermore, existing This learning should not be viewed in isolation,
practice should be continued and promoted as it and instead considered as a key component in
enhances external confidence in the groups. macro discussions around dealing with the legacy
of the past.
6.
and victimhood
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