Most mornings I find myself sharing a bus journey to work with visitors arriving in Belfast, suitcase in hand and eager to explore the city.

And it’s great that Belfast has become such a popular tourist destination.

There is something oddly satisfying about seeing people get excited by a place you’ve known all your life.

Whether it’s visitors taking photographs of street art, admiring old buildings or craning their necks for a better look at the famous Harland & Wolff cranes, I feel a certain sense of pride knowing people have chosen to spend their time here.

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The problem starts when some of them begin trying to explain Belfast to their fellow travellers.

Recently I overheard a woman enthusiastically pointing out landmarks to her friend as the bus wound its way towards the city centre.

“There’s Divis Flats,”........

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