Elservier. Organic ‘folkloric’ community driven place-making and tourism. Volume 61, August 2017, Pages 1–22. Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Germany.

The theme of this article is about management in the tourism industry. It explores the different impacts that effect certain destination and how it is dealt with.

The main aim of the article is to shine a light on the term 'place-making' described as a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public places for improving urban environments and residents' quality of life

The highlights of the article:

Organic place-making is described under five different disciplinary perspectives.

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Some community-driven organic place-making results in new destinations emerging.

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Organic community-led place-making restricts tourism management to place-marketing.

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Relevant forms of creative tourism rely on community-driven place-making practices.

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Organic community-driven place-making enhances destination sustainability.

The research taken is on five cases of place-making through emic, organic, folkloric, community-driven initiatives that differ markedly from the formal 'industry' of place-making that have achieved tourism-related outcomes even where tourism was not a primary motivation, are explored.