Editorial

Abstract

The first issue of the year is always a good opportunity to take stock of a journal's progress. At the beginning of each January, the editorial team for the Journal of Place Management and Development (JPMD) always receive a Journal Performance Report for the last 12 months of activity. The figures relating to 2017 look encouraging. In terms of downloads of JPMD articles, we acquired 33,723 hits in 2017; up 8% on the previous year. It is also interesting to see where these downloads are being made. UK institutions account for slightly less than half the 2017 download total, but there also appears to be a steady stream of interest in the journal from a diverse range of countries across the globe, including: Malaysia,

Ecotourism development challenges and opportunities in Wondo Genet and its environs, southern Ethiopia

“…In fact, the central role of communities as an active and influential stakeholder in the process of successful placemaking is widely discussed in literature (Carra et al, 2018;Guaralda et al, 2019;Medway et al, 2018). Findings of the current research reveal that Wondo Genet is regarded as a proper destination for ecotourism development because of its rich natural and cultural resources.…”