
See below image for the Place branding diagram. The phenomenon of place branding, as an organic process of image communication without strategy, has been occurring throughout history. Examples of strategic place brands are diverse and include Amsterdam’s “Iamsterdam”, Las Vegas’s “Sin City”, and Abu Ghosh’s “world capital of hummus”.
City Branding. City branding refers to all the activities that are undergone with the purpose of turning a City from a location into a destination. “Successful branding”, says Robert Jones, consultant director at international brand consultancy Wolff Olins, “can turn a city into a place where people want to live, work and visit”.
Competition of a globalizing world. One of the tenets of place branding posits that the struggle for attention and preference is not limited to commercial goods and services; it applies equally to geo-political entities. Countries and cities compete for tourist income, business, and often tax bases; even within cities,…