Tourism and Place Making
The Tourism and Place Making unit (TAPLAM) at the School of Business was formed in November 2017. TAPLAM's main thrust is to embark upon a continuous academic engagement with research themes at the intersections of tourism, space, place marketing, place making, and place branding amongst others. Considering the growth and fragmentation of tourism and place making studies, TAPLAM seems to approach these phenomena from an alternative and multi-disciplinary perspective driven by curiosity and critical engagement. We collaborate with academics, practitioners, and the wider public in our research and impact driven activities and events.
Past events
- 'Touristification Impossible': Tourism development, over-tourism and anti-tourism sentiments in context.
- Troubled Attractions - Tourism in Contested Places.
Members
Leads: Dr Fabian Frenzel and Dr Mandi Jamalian
| Member | Research interests |
| Cristina Fona | Place marketing, place branding, place image, ethical consumption, sustainability |
| Fabian Frenzel | Tourism in areas of urban poverty, urban regeneration, tourism theory |
| Massimo Giovanardi | Place marketing, place branding, tourism, space |
| Mandi Jamalian | Heritage tourism, visitor experience, place making, and sense of place |
| Mihalis Kavaratzis | Place marketing, place branding, place identity, destinations images, over-tourism |
| Ozkan Erciyas Fatos | Place making, rhythmanalysis, marketplace exclusion and inclusion |
| Georgios Patsiaouras | Space reproduction, social movements, Henri Lefebvre, place marketing |
| Tatiana Polyakova | Place marketing, place branding, tourism marketing |