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Shining light on the darkness. Placing tourists within North Korean tourism. Comment on: Desiring the dark: ‘A taste for the unusual’ in North Korean tourism?

John ConnellSchool of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW2006, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 356-362 | Received 14 Jan 2015, Accepted 18 Mar 2015, Published online: 29 Apr 2015

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