ABSTRACT
The concept of ‘place’ occupies a central position in humanistic geography, providing a way for geographers to understand how people create spaces of meaning and identity to live, work and interact in. With tourism and commercialised leisure becoming an increasingly widespread socio-spatial experience, the notion of place has invoked discussions of the manifold ways in which tourism is constitutive of place formation. The idea of ‘tourism creating places’ acknowledges tourism’s role in the cultural and political economy of contemporary space making. From destination marketing and branding, to urban redevelopment and the opening of new attractions, tourism is seen as a potent force that ‘makes places’.
