CEI – Centre for Intercultural Studies researchers Sara Pascoal, Laura Tallone and Marco Furtado have just published ‘Maritime Tragedies in the Land of Seafarers: Identifying Portugal’s Dark Tourism Potential’, chapter 6 of the book Cultural Tourism: Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges (Nova Science Publishers, 2024), edited by Maximiliano E. Korstanje and Giuseppe Catenazzo. This edition is part of the ‘Hospitality, Tourism and Marketing Studies’ series and can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.52305/JNOI5700
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