A Derry city councillor has urged the tourist board to help create a cultural tourist trail in the city based on the North's most recent political events.
Sinn Féin tourism spokeswoman on Derry City Council Maeve McLaughlin said there was now an onus on the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to back moves in Derry to create a tourism strategy based on the North's Journey to Peace.
"Derry City Council id
entified the story of the peace process as key theme of its new tourism plans and NITB has signed up for this strategy but as yet there has been no real process made," Cllr McLaughlin said.
She said NITB backing was much needed to "help move this strategy on, which will include key events in modern Irish history such as the 1980-81 Hunger Strikes right up the current peace process."
"Whilst many of the momentous events of the late 1960s and early 1970s seventies are very well covered there is a gap of nearly 30 years of the conflict here including key periods in modern Irish history such as the 1980-81 Hunger Strikes right up to the onset of the development peace process that are missing.
"Its important that NITB help make the "Journey to Peace" strategy a reality and engage with local communities in Bogside and other affected areas to identify how this can progress.
" I would urge all parties with an interest on this issue to help move this process forward as speedily as possible and identify where we can expand on the history such as in and around the area of Free Derry."
