The place-making practices of tourists have long captured the attention of tourism researchers. This article examines how the everyday practices of backpackers contribute to place-making in the enclave and the hostel – two places common to backpacker destinations. Using participant observation supplemented by interviews, the research revealed these places to be characterised by a range of extraordinary and mundane backpacker practices and mobility rhythms. Places inhabited by backpackers were in constant flux and ‘co-created’ via practices in conjunction with an array of other phenomena. As backpackers interacted with one another, other people and the various materials, temporalities and environments that were present, they inadvertently contributed to place-making processes. The research shows how mobile people make place and extends understandings of how backpacker lives are lived. It demonstrates the centrality of practices to both place and mobility, highlighting the importance of tourist actions – rather than industry directives – to place-making in tourism.

长期以来，游客的摆放习惯引起了旅游研究人员的关注。本文研究了背包客的日常活动如何促进飞地和旅馆中的场所营造-这是背包客目的地的两个地方。利用参与者的观察和访谈的补充，研究发现这些地方的特点是一系列非凡而平凡的背包客做法和行动节奏。背包客居住的地方不断变化，并通过实践与一系列其他现象“共同创造”。背包客彼此之间，其他人以及存在的各种材料，时空和环境进行互动时，他们无意间对地方营造过程做出了贡献。这项研究表明了流动人如何生活，并扩展了人们对背包客生活的理解。它展示了实践对于场所和流动性的中心作用，强调了游客行动而不是行业指令对旅游场所创造的重要性。