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Essence of Place and Sustainable Tourism

by Don EnrightPlanning, Product Development, Visitor Experience July 10, 2017November 25, 2018One Comment

(This article originally appeared in Legacy Magazine.) As an interpretive planner, I’m always on the lookout for tools that help me in my work. A few years ago, when I was working with the Parks Canada agency, we began to develop a creative model we called Essence of Place. It turned out to be not …

Essence of Place: What is it?

by Don EnrightPlanning, Visitor Experience August 23, 2015February 6, 20204 Comments

How will you know when you’ve compromised yours? Those of us who are lucky enough to live and work in parks, nature reserves, and historic sites tend to have pretty deep emotional and intellectual attachments to them. We feel, at a deep level, what makes our place special. We know what our place is—and what it …