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Placemaking and Public Space Design: Unlocking Tourist Destinations
Luleå University of Technology
  • Start Date: 04 Oct, 2021
  • 3 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


What makes a top tourist destination? Discover what gives a destination ‘place potential’ and build skills for working in tourism.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Discover placemaking, place shaping, and what makes an attractive tourist space


What is it that makes a tourist hotspot hot? When it comes to developing sustainable, attractive, and exciting tourist destinations, high quality public spaces are key.


This fascinating course offers an introduction to public space design and placemaking at tourist destinations.


Through an exploration of the key features of space, climate, hospitality and more, you’ll learn what makes a potentially top tourist destination.


Explore what makes a successful tourist destination


When it comes to tourist destinations, a successful space must make people visiting from afar feel welcome. This course invites you to examine what we can learn from high-end hospitality and tourist destinations around the world.


Using case-studies and research, you’ll study how the best squares and public spaces have developed over time and pinpoint exactly what makes them a commercial success.


Discover placemaking and what gives a destination ‘place potential’


From the design of a pedestrianised square to the combination of the built and natural environment, there are many factors which give a destination its ‘star factor’.


You’ll explore how the built and natural environments in a place come together to create local micro-climates. You’ll also discover the impact of climate as well as how to enhance the value of a space to make it more people-friendly.


Study tourism and placemaking with Luleå University of Technology


This course is based on a wide range of academic research and examples taken from architecture, urban design, place-shaping, and town planning.


You’ll benefit from the lead educator’s wealth of experience working in design development and development process management and, by the end of the course, you’ll be confident in exactly how to identify ‘place-potential’ in a destination.


This course is designed for anyone who would like to better understand place-shaping in tourism.


This may include those looking to work in place shaping as part of the tourism or hospitality industry, as well as current tourism professionals who want to upskill and gain confidence in new working practices for tourism.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Luleå University of Technology

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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